Inpatient and Outpatient Orderable

Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Molecular Detection, Qualitative Build info

Synonyms

  • HEPATITIS C RNA, QUALITATIVE
  • HEPCRNAQL
  • Hepatitis C RNA Qual
  • LAB10520

Short Name

HEPATITIS C RNA, QUALITATIVE

Procedure Master Number

LAB10520

Procedure ID

111544

Clinical Info

This test is a qualitative molecular for the detection of HCV in blood.

Specimen Sources

 Blood, Arterial Blood, Capillary Blood, Central Line Blood, Venous

Specimen Types

 Blood

Container

Gold Top Tube

Collection Instructions

Specimen must arrive same day as drawn.
Container:  Lavender, PPT or Gold top tubes
Specimen: 1.5 mL plasma or serum (0.75 mL min)
Collection
Draw blood in a PPT™ VACUTAINER(S)®. Spin down, separate, immediately freeze 1.5 mL of plasma (0.75 ml Min) in original VACUTAINER(S)®. Send specimen frozen.
 
or
 
Draw blood in Lavender-top(EDTA) tubes. Refrigerate during transport.  This specimen should be collected solely for HCV PCR testing and not used for other laboratory tests.
 
or
 
One Gold top tube Refrigerated during transport-Spun. This specimen should be collected solely for HCV PCR testing and not used for other laboratory tests. Frozen
Minimum Volume does not allow for repeat testing.
 

Transport Instructions

Refrigerated

Specimen Stability

3 days Room Temperature 
14  days Refrigerated
6 Months Frozen
 

Methodology

Nucleic acid amplification (NAA)
 

Days Performed

Monday- Friday 3 - 5 Days

Performing Laboratory

Northwell Core Lab at CFAM

CPT

87521
 
LOINC Code: 11259-9

PDM

 6350035

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 Orderable Everywhere

Results
Component Name Base Name Common Name External Name
HEPATITIS C RNA, QUALITATIVE HEPCRNAQL HEPATITIS C RNA, QUALITATIVE Hepatitis C Rna, Qualitative
HEPATITIS C RNA QUALITATIVE INTERP HEPCRNAQLINT HEP C RNA QL INT Hepatitis C Rna Qualitative Interp