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Clostridium difficile Toxin B, Qualitative
Last Modified:
5/2/2022 1:55:08 PM
Medical Necessity Documentation:
Client Notes:
Patient Preparation:
Specimen Requirements:
5 mL unpreserved S
tool
in a Non-Sterile
Yellow Capped Container
Collection Instructions:
Transfer liquid or soft stool (but not urine) into the container.
Avoid mixing toilet paper, or soap with the sample.
Minimum Volume:
1.0 mL Feces
Transport & Storage: Temperature/Stability:
5 days Refrigerated (store)
30 days Frozen (transport)
Store sample refrigerated until shipment
Rejection Criteria:
Specimen other than liquid or semi-formed stool • Stool in preservative or mixed with urine • Specimen in wrong transport container. Stool collected during an endoscopy or colonoscopy procedure with or without wash solution.
Reference Range:
None Detected
Critical Ranges:
Test Comments:
Methodology:
Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR)
Clinical Significance:
C. difficile
is the major cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD) and pseudomembranous colitis.
Documentation:
Custom Panel:
No
PRODUCTION SCHEDULE
Turn Around Time:
2 to 4 days
Sites Performed:
Quest - Chantilly to San Juan Capistrano
PHL Test Code:
CDFE
EPIC Test Code:
LAB2806
Send Out Test Code:
16377
Included Tests:
Clostridium Difficile DNA; Toxin B Gene
CPT Coding:
87493
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