Medical Necessity Documentation:
Client Notes:
Patient Preparation:
Male: Patient should not have urinated within one hour prior to collection
Specimen Requirements:
MALE:
Urethral Swab collected in a APTIMA® Unisex Swab Kit (white label)
FEMALE:
Vaginal swab in 0.7 mL APTIMA® Vaginal Swab Collection Kit (orange label)
Collection Instructions:
MALE:
Male Urethral Swabs: Follow instructions in the APTIMA® Unisex Swab Specimen Collection Kit (white label).
Excess mucus should be removed prior to sampling.
FEMALE:
Vaginal Swabs: Follow instructions in the APTIMA® Vaginal Swab Collection Kit or Multitest Collection Kit (orange label).
Minimum Volume:
0.3 mL
Transport & Storage: Temperature/Stability:
14 days Ambient (transport)
14 days Refrigerated
30 days Frozen
Rejection Criteria:
Transport tubes w/2 swabs; transport tubes with non-Aptima swabs; swabs sent in a non aptima trasport containers;
Reference Range:
| U. parvum DNA |
Not detected |
| U. urealyticum DNA |
Not detected |
Critical Ranges:
Test Comments:
Methodology:
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
Clinical Significance:
Ureaplasma spp. have been linked to upper genitourinary tract infection and to premature labor and abortion. Recently, by molecular means two groups have been distinguished, U.parvum and U. urealyticum, with the former being more prevalent in the lower genital tract of healthy women. It is not clear which species more predominantly causes infection. Ureaplasma spp. appear to be opportunists when they infect the upper genitourinary tract. These organisms have also been targeted as having a possible role in infertility, although this remains a gray area
Documentation:
Custom Panel:
No
PRODUCTION SCHEDULE
Turn Around Time:
3 to 5 days
Days Performed:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Sites Performed:
Quest - Chantilly
PHL Test Code:
SSUR
EPIC Test Code:
LAB2963
Send Out Test Code:
91476
Alternate Test Names:
SureSwab®, Ureaplasma species, PCR ; SureSwab®, Ureaplasma species, Real-Time PCR; Ureaplasma parvum; Ureaplasma urealyticum
Included Tests:
U. parvum DNA, U. urealyticum DNA
CPT Coding:
87798 x 2