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Parvovirus B19 by PCR, Quantitative, Serum (Viracor)

Methodology:

PCR

Analytical Time:

Same day as receipt (within 8 to 12 hours of receiving specimen)

Testing Laboratory:

ViraCor-IBT Laboratories; Lee's Summit, MO

Laboratory Section:

Referral Testing

Parvovirus B19 by PCR, Quantitative, Serum (Viracor)

Container/Tube Type:

Red (No Additive)

Collection Information:

Collect blood in a Red (No Additive) tube.

Transport Information:

Centrifuge and aliquot 2.0 mL of serum into a plastic transport vial.

Minimum Sample Volume: Minimum amount of analytical sample (serum, plasma, urine, CSF, etc.) required to perform an assay once. Submitting the minimum volume makes it impossible to repeat the test or perform confirmatory or reflex testing. In some situations, a minimum specimen volume may result in a QNS (Quantity Not Sufficient) result, requiring a second specimen to be collected.

Minimum amount of analytical sample (serum, plasma, urine, CSF, etc.) required to perform an assay once. Submitting the minimum volume makes it impossible to repeat the test or perform confirmatory or reflex testing. In some situations, a minimum specimen volume may result in a QNS (Quantity Not Sufficient) result, requiring a second specimen to be collected.

0.5 mL of serum (approximately 1.0 mL of whole blood based upon a normal patient hematocrit)

Unacceptable Conditions:

Avoid using gel separator tubes; samples collected in gel separator tubes have increased rate of PCR inhibition.

Stability

Refrigerated Stability:

8 days

Frozen Stability:

60 days

Ambient Stability:

4 days

Parvovirus B19 by PCR, Quantitative, Serum (Viracor)

Sunquest Order Code:

PARVVS

Epic Number: The test code used to identify this assay in Epic

LAB4452

Reference Lab Code: The test code used to identify this assay at the referral laboratory that performs this testing.

1510

CPT Code:

87799

Parvovirus B19 by PCR, Quantitative, Serum (Viracor)

Modified:

8/13/2014 11:23:48 AM