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Influenza Antigens A & B
Test CodeFLUAG
Preferred Specimen
Nasopharyngeal wash, aspirate or swab
Instructions
Use suction through a sterile trap tube to collect washes or aspirate specimens. Use a small volume of sterile saline if necessary, not to exceed a final specimen volume of 3 ml. or Swab the nasopharynx or oropharynx with a sterile rayon or dacron swab and transport in 1-2 ml of sterile saline.
Transport Container
Swab or sterile container
Transport Temperature
Room temp. up to 4 hours, refrigerate up to 72 hours
Reference Range
Negative
Clinical Significance
Influenza Type A and B viruses cause seasonal outbreaks of the "flu".
