SEND OUT TEST, VIRAL SCREEN (CSF) - SDL

Test Information

Name: SEND OUT TEST, VIRAL SCREEN (CSF)

Code: 4115160110000-QD

Sample Type: CSF

Turnaround Time (TAT): 30 days

Preparation & Notes

2 mL sterile body fluids collected in a VCM medium (green cap) tube or equivalent Culture, Viral, Non-Respiratory, Conventional, Body Fluids or Tissue Includes Adenovirus, Cytomegalovirus, Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1, Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2, Enterovirus, and Varicella Zoster Virus Preferred Specimen(s)2 mL sterile body fluids collected in a VCM medium (green-cap) tube or equivalent Collection Instructions Sterile body fluids: For all body fluids add an equal volume of specimen to transport medium (VCM or equivalent). Transport Container VCM medium (green-cap) tube or equivalent Transport Temperature VCM or equivalent: Frozen -70° C (dry ice) VCM medium (green-cap) tube or equivalent Room temperature: Unacceptable Frozen -20° C: Unacceptable Frozen -70° C: 30 days Reject Criteria Raw (unpreserved) specimens CSF: PCR is the preferable method for detection of HSV and Enterovirus. and : Wooden shaft and calcium alginate swabs • Dry swabs • Transwabs or swabs in transport medium other than specified • Tissue in formalin or other fixatives • Whole blood • Bone marrow in EDTA (refer for PCR testing) • Semen • Sputum • Respiratory specimens • Urine • Conjunctival, oral or genital lesion • Skin lesion