Last Modified:
10/25/2021 3:33:39 PM
Medical Necessity Documentation:
Stool culture, and an ova and parasite screen (OVAP) should not be ordered with this test, it is duplication.
Client Notes:
Patient Preparation:
Specimen Requirements:
1 Fecal Swab Kit
AND
1 unformed (mushy to liquid) raw stool specimen in a Non Sterile Capped Plastic Container (No preservatives)
Collection Instructions:
Patient's Name and demographics must be on the swab label
Stool must be transferred to fecal swab within 2 hours of passage
For patient collection instruction sheet see Addendum D
For patient collection instruction sheet Spanish see Addendum D
For patient collection instruction sheet Burmese see Addendum D
For patient collection instruction sheet Arabic see Addendum D
Transport & Storage: Temperature/Stability:
2 hours ambient for Raw Stool
4 days Ambient (Store and Transport)
4 days Refrigerated
Rejection Criteria:
Cary Blair swab, endoscopy stool aspirates, vomitus, eSwab w/out accompanying raw stool in a cup, formed stool, tubes filled over the fill line or missing fluid by being poured off; stool not placed on fecal eswab within 2 hours of collection
Reference Range:
No GI Pathogens Detected
Critical Ranges:
Test Comments:
Methodology:
Multiplex PCR
Clinical Significance:
Detection of viruses; bacteria; and parasites that cause infectious diarrhea.
Documentation:
Custom Panel:
No
PRODUCTION SCHEDULE
Turn Around Time:
8 hours
Days Performed:
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
PHL Test Code:
GIPAN
EPIC Test Code:
LAB2885
Alternate Test Names:
BioFire Film Array GI Panel; Diarrhea Panel; Gastrointestinal Panel Biofire; GI Pathogens by PCR
Included Tests:
Adenoviurs F 40/41; Astrovirus; Campylobacter; Cryptosporidium; Cyclospora cayetanensis; E. coli (EAEC; EPEC; ETEC; STEC; EIEC); Entamoeba histolytica; Giardia lamblia; Norovirus GI/GII; Plesiomonas shigelloides; Rotavirus A; Sapovirus (I, II, IV, and V); Salmonella; Shiga Toxin-producing E.coli; Vibrio/Vibrio cholerae; Yersinia enterocolitica;
CPT Coding:
87507 | DEX Z-Code = ZB002
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