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Test Code MISC1WARDEGCPCR Neisseria Gonorrhoeae Testing by PCR

Department

Send Outs

Reference Lab Test Number

GCPCR

Collection Requirements

Variable specimen types

Refer To

Warde Medical Laboratory

Alternate Collection Container

Sterile Urine Cup

Processing

Endocervical swab, first catch urine, rectal swab, oropharyngeal swab specimens.

Swab specimens must be collected using the Alinity m Multi-Collect Collection Kit. Urine specimens must be first catch and the swab can be discarded. Patients should not have urinated more than 1 hr prior to collection.

Stability

Swab/Urine in Multi-Collect

Ambient: 14 days

Refrigerated: 14 days

Frozen: 60 days

Urine

Ambient; Unacceptable

Refrigerated: 24 hours

Frozen: 4 days

Reference Range

Not detected

Methodology

Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)

Performed

Monday-Friday

Reported

4-6 days

CPT Codes

87591

Unacceptable Conditions

Specimens submitted with the white cleaning swab or with two swabs. Swabs in any media (e.g., M4, UTM, or Aptima media) other than the Alinity m Multi-Collect Collection Kit. Urine specimens where the liquid level in the urine transport tube does not fall within the clear fill window of the transport tube label (do not overfill). Urine specimens in sterile containers that have exceeded the 24 hour stability. Specimens collected in liquid cytology containers or media will not be tested.

Male urethral swab