Respiratory Panel 2.1 (BioFire)
Specimen Requirements
Specimen Type: NP Swab
Container/Tube: Viral/Universal Transport Media
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
4 hours Room Temp, 3 days Refrigerated
Reference Range
Reported as Detected and Not Detected. Expected results are all Not Detected.
Tests for:
Influenza A H1
Adenovirus
Coronavirus 229E (Not Covid-19)
Coronavirus HKU1 (Not Covid-19)
Coronavirus NL63 (Not Covid-19)
Coronavirus OC43 (Not Covid-19)
SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)
Human Metapneumonovirus
Human Rhino/Enterovirus
Influenza A
Influenza B
Parainfluenza Virus 1
Parainfluenza Virus 2
Parainfluenza Virus 3
Parainfluenza Virus 4
Respiratory Syncytial Virus
B. parapertussis
B. pertussis
C. pneumoniae
M. pneumoniae
Instrumentation
BioFire® FilmArray® Torch Systems PCR
Methodology
Multiplexed nucleic acid test
Test Schedule/Analytical Time/ Test Priority
Daily / Same day / Available STAT
CPT (s)
U0003