Influenza / RSV / COVID PCR
Specimen Type
FOR SYMPTOMATIC PATIENTS ONLY
| Test ID |
LAB5811 |
| EPIC Order |
INFLUENZA/RSV/COVID PCR |
| CPT Code(s) |
87637 |
| Group/Individual Test |
Group |
| Laboratory |
Clinical Microbiology; 984-974-1805 and Hillsborough Hospital Lab; 984-215-2175 |
| Tube Station |
82 |
| Specimen |
Acceptable: |
Nasopharyngeal (NP Swab)
Nasopharyngeal/Oropharyngeal (NP/OP swab)
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| Availability |
Routine: |
24/7 |
Turnaround Time
(From receipt in lab) |
Emergency Department/Inpatient: 2h
Outpatient: 12h |
| Reference Range |
Normal: |
Negative |
| Comments |
- Detects SARS-COV-2, RSV A, RSV B, Influenza A and Influenza B. This test does not report influenza A typing. Store and transport at 2-8°C., if not immediately tubed to the lab.
- Remel M4 and Remel M4RT transport media should not be used for this assay.
- False-positive influenza RNA tests are associated with the administration of FluMist, an intranasally-administered influenza vaccine. Individuals receiving this vaccine may shed influenza RNA for up to 3 weeks post-vaccination.
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