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CT/GC NAA, PHARYNGEAL
Message"Submit one specimen per test requested. Specify the exact specimen source/origin (eg, pharyngeal). Indicate a specific test number on the test request form.
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Test Code
188698
Alias/See Also
"Chlamydia/Gonococcus, Amplicor® PCR
Chlamydia/Gonococcus, APTIMA® TMA
Chlamydia/Gonococcus, ProbeTec™ SDA
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Chlamydia/Gonococcus, APTIMA® TMA
Chlamydia/Gonococcus, ProbeTec™ SDA
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CPT Codes
87491; 87591
Preferred Specimen
"Pharyngeal specimen collected with APTIMA® unisex collection swab and submitted in the APTIMA® swab specimen transport tube
One swab (pharyngeal)
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One swab (pharyngeal)
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Minimum Volume
"One swab (pharyngeal)
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Instructions
"Use the blue-shafted swab, labeled “unisex collection swab for endocervical and male urethral specimens,” to rub the posterior pharynx and tonsillar areas. Do not use the white-shafted swab; discard this swab. Remove the cap from the swab specimen transport tube and immediately place the specimen collection swab into the transport tube. Carefully break the swab shaft at the scoreline; use care to avoid splashing of the contents. Recap the swab specimen transport tube tightly.
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Transport Container
"Gen-Probe® APTIMA® swab specimen transport tube
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Transport Temperature
room temp
Specimen Stability
"Maintain specimen at room temperature or refrigerate (2°C to 30°C).
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Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
"Bacterial swab specimen; APTIMA® transport tube with multiple swabs; white-shafted cleaning swab or any swab other than the blue-shafted collection swab; specimen received in grossly leaking transport container; dry specimen; specimen submitted in fixati
Methodology
"Nucleic acid amplification (NAA) "
Clinical Significance
"Detect Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae
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