Clostridium difficile toxin B - SDL

Test Information

Name: Clostridium difficile toxin B

Code: N4938-QD

Sample Type: Stool

Turnaround Time (TAT): 7 days

Preparation & Notes

1 mL unpreserved stool collected in a sterile leak-proof container. Methodology Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Collection Instructions Transfer liquid or soft stool (but not urine) into the container. Avoid mixing toilet paper, or soap with the sample. Store sample refrigerated until shipment. Transport Container Sterile leak-proof container Transport Temperature Frozen Specimen Stability: Frozen: 30 days Reject Criteria Specimen other than liquid or semi-formed stool • Stool in preservative or mixed with urine • Specimen in wrong transport container