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RSV, ANTIGEN DETECTION
Test CodeLAB1050
Quest Code
8467
CPT Codes
87807
Preferred Specimen
4 mL Nasopharyngeal washes submitted in sterile container or 1 mL nasopharyngeal aspirates in VCM medium or other equivalent FDA approved transport media or saline
or
1 Nasopharyngeal (NP) swab submitted in 0.75-3 mL VCM medium or other equivalent FDA approved transport media or in 1 mL saline
or
1 Nasopharyngeal (NP) swab submitted in 0.75-3 mL VCM medium or other equivalent FDA approved transport media or in 1 mL saline
Minimum Volume
2 mL wash • 0.5 mL aspirate • 1 swab
Instructions
NP swabs: Dacron® polyester or rayon-tipped swabs with flexible wire are recommended
Transport Container
VCM medium or other equivalent FDA approved transport media or saline
Transport Temperature
Refrigerated (cold packs)
Specimen Stability
VCM medium (green-cap) tube or equivalent or sterile container
Room temperature: Unacceptable
Refrigerated: 48 hours
Frozen: 7 days
Room temperature: Unacceptable
Refrigerated: 48 hours
Frozen: 7 days
Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Transport systems not listed as acceptable • Calcium alginate swabs&bull ; Sources other than those listed as preferred or acceptable • Wooden-shaft swabs
Methodology
Immunochromatography
Setup Schedule
Daily
Report Available
2 days
Reference Range
Not detected
Clinical Significance
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is considered the single most important virus affecting infants and young adults causing acute lower respiratory tract illness, mainly bronchiolitis and pneumonia. Adults are susceptible to infection but usually experience mild respiratory tract illness. Elderly patients may suffer severe lower respiratory tract disease.
Performing Laboratory
| Quest Diagnostics-Lenexa |
| 10101 Renner Blvd |
| Lenexa , KS 66219-9752 |
Last Updated: August 13, 2021
