Specimen:
Collect
- CSF in One Sterile Specimen Container
Also Acceptable:
- Bone Marrow in One Sterile Specimen Container
- Tissue in One Sterile Specimen Container
Submit
- 1 mL (Min:0.5 mL) CSF in Sterile Specimen Container. Submit Frozen. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.
Also Acceptable:
- 1 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Bone Marrow in Sterile Specimen Container. Submit Frozen. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.
- 1 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Tissue in Sterile Specimen Container. Submit Frozen. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.
Special Handling
- State Source
- Note: Stability is based on CSF.
Bone Marrow: Ambient: 1 week, Refrigerated: 1 week, Frozen: 1 week.
Tissue: Ambient: Unacceptable, Refrigerated: Unacceptable. Frozen: 1 year.
Rejection Criteria
- Heparinized specimens
- Tissue in optimal cutting temperature compound.
Stability
Ambient: 24 Hour(s); Refrigerated: 5 Day(s); Frozen: 24 Month(s); Incubated: Unacceptable
Methodology
- Qualitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
Performed
Sun-Sat
Reported
2-5 Day(s)
CPT Codes
- 87798
Interpretive Data
Please see report for interpretive data.
Components
- 93524 - EBV QUAL by PCR
- 93528 - EBV SOURCE
Last Updated: May 8, 2025 @ 9:13 am
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