Ova and Parasite Examination, Other

Synonyms

• LAB11806
• OVA AND PARASITE EXAMINATION, OTHER
• OVA/PARASITE OTHER
• P OTH
• SCABIES
• SCHISTOSOMA
• SCHISTOSOME

Cerner Name

Ova/Parasite Other

Clinical Info

Some parasites can be found in extraintestinal areas and require examination of other specimen types other than stool. Body Fluid, urine, sputum, aspirates and bronchoscopy
specimens, aspirates/ cysts/ abscess, duodenal aspirates, worm, and specimens from
various anatomical sites, etc.

Specimen Sources

Amniotic Sac Ankle, Left Ankle, Right Aortic Valve Arm, Left Arm, Right Axilla, Left Axilla, Right BAL Back, Lower Back, Upper Bile Duct Bladder Bone Marrow Brain Breast, Left Breast, Right Buttock, Left Buttock, Right CSF, Lumbar Puncture Cheek, Left Cheek, Right Chest Chin Colon Duodenum Ear, Left Ear, Right Elbow, Left Elbow, Right Expectorated Sputum Eye, Left Eye, Right Finger, Left Finger, Right Foot, Left Foot, Right Forehead Foreign Body Frontal sinus Gallbladder Gastric Groin Hand, Left Hand, Right Heart Hip, Left Hip, Right Induced Sputum Jaw, Left Jaw, Right Kidney, Left Kidney, Right Knee, Left Knee, Right Leg, Left Leg, Right Lip, Lower Lip, Upper Liver Lung, Left Lower Lobe Lung, Left Upper Lobe Lung, Right Lower Lobe Lung, Right Middle Lobe Lung, Right Upper Lobe Lymph Node Mitral Valve Navel Neck Nose Oral Mucosa Oropharynx Oropharynx/Throat Paranasal Penis Pericardium Peritoneal Pharynx Placenta Pleura, Left Pleura, Right Prosthetic valve Rectum Scalp Scrotum Shoulder, Left Shoulder, Right Shunt Sinus, Nasal Stomach Toe, Left Toe, Right Tongue Tricuspid valve Urine, Catheter Urine, Clean Catch Urine, Foley Urine, Nephrostomy Urine, Suprapubic Vagina Vertebra Vitreous Vulva Wrist, Left Wrist, Right Show more...

Specimen Types

Abscess Aspirate Body Fluid Bone Cerebrospinal Fluid Foreign Body Respiratory Skin/Wound Tissue Urine

Specimen Volume

Container

Sterile

Collection Instructions

Submit only 1 of the following specimens:
                Aspirate
/ duodenal aspirate / fluid / drainage
1.      
Place in a sterile container screw cap.
2.      
Alternativly, specimen may be transferred to
paraPak (10% formalin and Zn-PVA vials) in ratio of 1 part preservative: 1 part
specimen.  Some preservative may need to
be removed from the vials to maintain this ratio. Ambient (preferred) /
refrigerated.
3.      
Only 1 specimen is accepted per day.Body Fluid
1.      
Submit minimum 0.5 mL of body fluid in a sterile
screw cap container.
2.     Only
1 specimen per day.
Skin Scraping
1.      
Skin scraping in a sterile screw cap container.
2.     Only
1 specimen per day.
Sputum / BAL/ Respiratory
1.      
Collect unpreserved in a sterile
screw cap container.
Urine
1.      
10-25mL of unpreserved urine in a sterile screw
cap container- collect at midday.
2.      
Or 24-hour collection in a container without
preservative.
3.     Collect
specimen at midday. Peak egg excretion for Schistosoma occurs between
noon and 3 pm.
4.     Do
Not submit first morning specimen.
5.     Keep
at ambient (room) temperature.
Worm / worm segments
1.      
Place in a sterile screw cap
container For all specimens: ·        
Label container with 2 patient identifiers
(patient’s first and last name, medical record number or date of birth. Use
preprinted labels that contains all the information.·        
Maintain sterility and forward promptly at
ambient temperature.



·        
Note: Source is required on requisition and
specimen container.REJECTION CRITERIA·        
Any frozen specimen·        
Preserved urine


·        
24-hour urine more than 48 hours old.

Transport Instructions

room temperature or refrigerated.

Specimen Stability

72 hours 

Methodology

Concentration and Microscopy

Days Performed

Monday through Friday

Performing Laboratories

• AML/Quest Laboratories
• Northwell Health -LNP

CPT

87177

PDM

6201290

Results

Result Interpretation

Forms