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Enterovirus, Real-time PCR, Amniotic Fluid
Test Code139348
CPT Codes
87498
Preferred Specimen
"Amniotic fluid, uncentrifuged
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Minimum Volume
"0.2 mL
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Instructions
"Freeze (preferred) or refrigerate.
Amniotic fluid should not be centrifuged. 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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Amniotic fluid should not be centrifuged. 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
"Sterile plastic conical tube
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Specimen Stability
"Room temperature 7 days
Refrigerated 7 days
Frozen 90 days
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Refrigerated 7 days
Frozen 90 days
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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
"This test was developed and its performance characteristics determined by ViroMed. It has not been cleared or approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA has determined that such clearance or approval is not necessary. Test results sho
Limitations
"Weak cross-reactivity was observed with some strains of rhinovirus that could be present in respiratory samples, and a false-positive result is possible if samples contain these viruses.
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