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Specimen Requirements
Specimen Type: NP Swab
Container/Tube: UTM Swab
Specimen Volume: Entire swab
Collection Instructions: Nasopharyngeal swab specimens should be collected according to standard technique and immediately placed into viral transport media and submitted for testing.
Stability
24 hours at Room Temp, 7 days Refrigerated
Reference Range
Resulted as Negative or Positive. Expected results are all Negative.
Tests for:
Influenza A
Influenza B
RSV
Covid-19
Instrumentation
Cepheid GeneXpert
Methodology
Multiplexed real-time RT-PCR test
Test Schedule/Analytical Time/ Test Priority
Daily / Same day / Available STAT
CPT (s)
87635