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Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae by TMA (FOR USE WITH PATIENTS UNDER THE AGE OF 14 ONLY)

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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