Last Modified:
10/25/2021 3:19:38 PM
Medical Necessity Documentation:
Client Notes:
Patient Preparation:
Specimen Requirements:
Rectal swab using a Copan Liquid Stuart Culture Swab
Collection Instructions:
Carefully insert both swab tips approximately 1 cm beyond the anal sphincter and rotate gently.
Place the swab pair back into the original transport tube.
Collection Instruction Sheet
Transport & Storage: Temperature/Stability:
Rejection Criteria:
Liquid Amies Culture Swab
Reference Range:
Not Detected
Critical Ranges:
Test Comments:
Methodology:
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
Clinical Significance:
The assay is intended as an aid to infection control in the detection of carbapenem-non-susceptible bacteria that colonize patients in healthcare settings. The assay is not intended to guide or monitor treatment for carbapenem-non-susceptible bacterial infections or to determine infection from carbapenem-non-susceptible bacteria
Documentation:
Custom Panel:
No
PRODUCTION SCHEDULE
Turn Around Time:
8 hours
Days Performed:
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Sites Performed:
Parkview Regional Medical Center
PHL Test Code:
CRE
EPIC Test Code:
LAB3175
Alternate Test Names:
Carbapenem Resistance; Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacteriaceae; CarbaR; Carba-R; CRE Screen, PCR; CRE Screening by PCR ; IMP; KPC; NDM; OXA48; VIM
Included Tests:
CPT Coding:
87798 x 5
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