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Test Code LAB1375 BK Virus by Quantitative PCR (Viral Load), Urine

Additional Codes:

BKDNA Urine

Includes:

Detection and quantitation of BK Virus in Urine

Collection:

Specimen: Urine

Container: Random Urine - 10 mL Yellow Top Plastic Urine No Additive Tube or 6.0 mL clear BD Hemogard plastic urine no additive tube.

Volume: 1 mL; Minimum 0.5 mL

Storage Instructions:

Send specimen to Lab immediately after collection. Refrigerate if specimen cannot be sent immediately. Ship on ice by overnight delivery.

Turnaround Time (TAT):

Results reported the day test is performed.

Test Availability:

Performed twice per week – day varies. Observed holidays may adjust testing schedule.

Assay:

0.5 ml urine

Request Form:

Routine Laboratory Request Form

Send To:

UMC MAIN LABORATORY Specimen Receiving – EH319 Children’s Hospital

Reference Interval:

Not Detected 

Interpretive Data:

The reportable range is 63,000 – 6,300,000,000 copies/mL of urine. The assay method is a quantitative, real-time PCR assay that amplifies a 72 nt sequence from BKV VP-1 gene.

Performed in

UMC Main Lab - Molecular Pathology