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Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV), Quantitative, PCR
Test Code138230
CPT Codes
87799
Preferred Specimen
"Plasma
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Minimum Volume
"0.5 mL
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Instructions
"Collect specimen in lavender-top (EDTA) tube. Centrifuge specimen within 24 hours of collection. Remove plasma, transfer plasma to a screw-cap polypropylene transport tube, and freeze. Ship frozen (preferred). To avoid delays in turnaround time when requesting multiple tests on frozen samples, please submit separate frozen specimens for each test requested.
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Transport Container
"Ship in a screw-cap polypropylene frozen transport tube.
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Specimen Stability
"Room temperature Unstable
Refrigerated 7 days
Frozen 90 days
Freeze/thaw cycles Stable x3
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Refrigerated 7 days
Frozen 90 days
Freeze/thaw cycles Stable x3
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Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
"Quantity not sufficient for analysis; gross specimen contamination; specimen too old; leaking or broken tube
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Methodology
"Real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) "
FDA Status
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Limitations
"Quantitative range is 100 to 1 million copies/mL.
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