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Strep A PCR Assay
Test Code1236201998
Alias/See Also
PCR
CPT Codes
87651
Preferred Specimen
Specimen collected with an ESwab regular collection kit
Instructions
1. Depress tongue with depressor.
2. Sample posterior tonsils and inflamed areas with a sterile swab. White patches in the tonsillar area are especially productive for streptococcal isolation.
3. Return swab to container.
4. Label container noting source of throat.
2. Sample posterior tonsils and inflamed areas with a sterile swab. White patches in the tonsillar area are especially productive for streptococcal isolation.
3. Return swab to container.
4. Label container noting source of throat.
Transport Temperature
Room temperature
Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Wrong swab
Received frozen
Received in viral transport device
Improper specimen collection, storage, and transport
Received frozen
Received in viral transport device
Improper specimen collection, storage, and transport
Reference Range
Not detected
Performing Laboratory
Guthrie Clinic Lab
