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 Influenza / RSV / COVID PCR

Specimen Type = NP Swab in transport tube or PBS

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.

Reviewed by J. Carr on December 05, 2025

UNC Hospitals
McLendon Clinical Laboratories
101 Manning Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27514