Medical Necessity Documentation:
Client Notes:
Patient Preparation:
Specimen Requirements:
3.0 mL Brochoalveolar lavage or wash in a sterile container
Collection Instructions:
Bronchoalveolar lavage or bronchial lavage/wash submitted in a sterile, leakproof container, refrigerated (cold packs).
Keep refrigerated.
All client prepared slides must be fixed in acetone for 10 minutes prior to drying. Client prepared slides made from tissue require Director approval. Slides must be shipped in plastic or cardboard slide transport devices.
Minimum Volume:
2.0 mL lavage
Transport & Storage: Temperature/Stability:
Refrigerated (cold packs)
Bronchial lavage/wash, sputum stability:
Room Temperature: unacceptable
Refrigerated: 7 days
Frozen: Unacceptable
Slides:
Room Temperature: 7 days
Refrigerated: 7 days
Frozen: 30 days
Rejection Criteria:
Frozen or Room Temperature bronch lavage/wash or sputum; broken slides; slides fixed in formalin; slides fixed in ethanol; unfixed slides
Reference Range:
Not Detected
Critical Ranges:
Test Comments:
Methodology:
Direct Immunoflorescence Assay (DFA)
Clinical Significance:
Pneumocystis carinii, now considered a fungus, is an opportunistic infection seen especially in patients infected with HIV and on immunosuppressive therapy, e.g., post-transplantation. Pneumocystis carinii causes pneumonia
Documentation:
Custom Panel:
No
PRODUCTION SCHEDULE
Turn Around Time:
Report available: next day
Days Performed:
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Sites Performed:
Quest - Chantilly
PHL Test Code:
PDFAQ
EPIC Test Code:
LAB3230
Send Out Test Code:
12200
Alternate Test Names:
Pneumocystis jaroveci
Included Tests:
CPT Coding:
87281