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Test Code RPPCR Respiratory Pathogen Panel,PCR

Specimen Requirements

NP Swab
Container/Tube: Sterile swab in viral transport media (VTM) 

Collection Instructions: Insert swab into posterior nasopharynx through nostril. Rotate swab slowly in nasopharynx for 5 seconds.

Note: 1. Label container with patient’s name (first and last), medical record number, and date and actual time of collection.

2. Specimen source is required.

 

Specimen Transport Temperature

Ambient

Performing Laboratory

The Valley Hospital

Reference Values

Negative

Rapid detection of respiratory infections caused by the following

-Adenovirus

-Coronavirus (serotypes HKU1, NL63, 229E, OC43)

-Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

-Human metapneumovirus

-Human rhinovirus/enterovirus

-Influenza A (H1, H1-2009, H3)

-Influenza B

-Parainfluenza virus (serotypes 1-4)

-Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)

-Bordetella pertussis

-Bordetella parapertussis

-Chlamydia pneumoniae

-Mycoplasma pneumoniae

 

This test is not recommended as a test of cure.