Specimen:
Collect
- Random Urine in One Sterile Specimen Container
Also Acceptable:
- Random Urine in One Aptima Kit-Urine (Yellow)
Submit
- One Random Urine in Aptima Kit-Urine (Yellow). Submit Refrigerated.
Also Acceptable:
- One Random Urine in Sterile Specimen Container. Submit Refrigerated.
Special Handling
- Urine Specimens: The patient should not have urinated for at least one hour prior to sampling. Do not cleanse the area prior to providing the specimen. Direct the patient to provide first-catch urine into a urine collection cup and then transfer appropriate amount of specimen into the transport tube. Liquid must fall between 2 black indicator lines on APTIMA Kit. Please note: Sterile urine stable for 24-hours before being transferred to APTIMA kit.
Rejection Criteria
- Specimen collected or transported in containers other than specified.
Stability
Ambient: 1 Month(s); Refrigerated: 1 Month(s); Frozen: 3 Month(s); Incubated: Unacceptable
Methodology
- Qualitative Transcription Mediated Amplification (TMA)
Performed
Sun-Sat
Reported
2-5 Day(s)
CPT Codes
- 87491
- 87591
Interpretive Data
Please see report for interpretive data.
Components
- 95196 - APTIMA MEDIA TYPE
- 95197 - SPECIMEN SOURCE
- 93486 - C. TRACHOMATIS BY TMA
- 93487 - N. GONORRHOEAE BY TMA
Last Updated: November 6, 2024 @ 10:13 am
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