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Test Code LAB8998 SARS-CoV-2 (Arup)

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 SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19) BY (NAA) PCR ARUP

ARUP# 3002638

Collection:

Collect: 

Nasopharyngeal swab: Place in viral transport media, Liquid Amies, or saline (minimum volume 1.2mL). 

 

Oropharyngeal or Nasal swab: Place in viral transport media, Liquid Amies, or saline (minimum volume 1.2mL).  Or collect using the Aptima Multitest Swab Collection Kit. Place each specimen in an individually sealed bag.  

 

Also Acceptable: Media that is equivalent to viral transport media or universal transport media.


Refer to the "COVID-19 Specimen Collection Guide" at https://www.aruplab.com/infectious-disease/coronavirus/testing

Shipping/Handling Instructions:

Storage/Transport Temperature: Frozen
 
Unacceptable Conditions: Undiluted saliva. Saliva submitted in anything other than the ARUP Saliva Collection Tube. Swabs not in media. Wood swabs, calcium alginate swabs. 
Media with guanidine-containing materials, 'molecular media' that indicates inactivation of pathogens and preservation of RNA/DNA, charcoal media. Specimens sent in tubes with pop-top lids/caps. Specimens in glass tubes.
 
Remarks: Specimen source required.
 
Stability: 

Ambient: Unacceptable
Refrigerated: 2 days
Frozen: 1 month

Performing Location

ARUP REFERENCE LAB