Last Modified:
3/8/2018 2:03:21 PM
Specimen Requirements:
Nasal/nasopharyngeal swab, or endocervical swab, or conjunctiva, vesicle fluid/scraping, or urethral swab, or vaginal swab, or rectal mucosal or throat swab in 3 mL VCM Transport Medium (green-cap) tube
Collection Instructions:
Nasal/nasopharyngeal swab, endocervical swab, eye swab or lesion (vesicle) aspirate swab, urethral swab, vaginal swab, rectal mucosal swab (without feces) or throat swab collected in VCM (green-cap) tube or equivalent
To maintain optimum viability, place swab into VCM (equal volumes of fluid/tissue and VCM) or equivalent and transport the specimen to the laboratory as soon as possible.
Minimum Volume:
1 mL or 1g Tissue
Transport & Storage: Temperature/Stability:
VCM/UTM/M4 Transport Medium:
Unacceptable Ambient
4 days Refrigerated
30 days Frozen -70 (dry ice)
Storage or transport at -20°C is not acceptable
Rejection Criteria:
CSF • Sputum; Raw (unpreserved) stool • Dry swabs • Molecular transport systems • Bacterial transport systems • Tissue or biopsies in formalin or other fixatives • Calcium alginate or Wooden shaft swabs • Non gel-based bacterial transports
Reference Range:
Not isolated
Test Comments:
If Herpes Simplex Virus Culture, Rapid Method is "Isolated", the Type 1, Herpes simplex virus and Type 2 Herpes simplex virus will be performed at an additional charge (CPT code: 87140 (x2)).
Methodology:
Centrifuge Enhanced Culture • Histochemical Stain
Custom Panel:
No
PRODUCTION SCHEDULE
Turn Around Time:
2 days Typing 3 to 5 days
Days Performed:
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Sites Performed:
Quest - Chantilly
PHL Test Code:
MSOT
EPIC Test Code:
Send Out Test Code:
2725
Alternate Test Names:
Herpes CX; Herpes Simplex Viral Culture
CPT Coding:
87255
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