Herpes Viral Culture Rlx to Typing

Culture - Viral, Herpes

HSV culture is useful in verifying HSV is present within the vesicles.

Tissue, Swab

Viral Trn

Container/Tube: VTM media (VTM/UTM must indicate on vial for Viral, Chlamydia, Herpes, Mycoplasma collection)
Specimen:  Submit only 1 of the following specimens:
 
Acceptable Specimens:
Nasal/nasopharyngeal swab, endocervical swab, eye swab or lesion (vesicle) aspirate swab, urethral swab, vaginal swab, rectal mucosa swab (without feces) or throat swab collected in 3 mL VTM( 1 mL min)
Alternative Specimen(s)
3 mL (1 mL fluid or 1 g tissue minimum) Bronchial lavage/wash or Nasopharyngeal lavage/wash • Fresh (unfixed) tissue collected in 3 mL VTM (1mL min)
 
Transport Temperature:  Refrigerated
Stability:  VTM/UTM/M4 transport medium
                       Refrigerated: 4 Days
                       Frozen: 30 Days
                 Sterile Leak-Proof Container:
                        Refrigerated only: 72 hours
 
Collection Instructions To maintain optimum viability, place swab into VCM (equal volumes of fluid/tissue and VCM) or equivalent and transport the specimen to the laboratory as soon as possible. Best recovery is obtained when the specimens are refrigerated at 2-8°C or kept on wet ice following collection and while in transit. If there will be a long delay before processing, specimens in VCM or equivalent should be frozen at -70°C or colder and transported on dry ice. Storage or transport at -20°C is not acceptable. Raw (unpreserved) samples should only be refrigerated and not frozen.
 
Note: PCR is the preferred test for CSF (preferred specimen: 1 mL CSF submitted in a sterile, leak-proof container without transport media).
Reject Criteria
CSF • Sputum; Raw (unpreserved) stool • Dry swabs • Molecular transport systems • Bacterial transport systems • Tissue or biopsies in formalin or other fixatives • Calcium alginate swabs • Wooden shaft swabs • Non gel-based bacterial transports

Refrigerated

VTM/UTM/M4 transport medium
                       Refrigerated: 4 Days
                       Frozen: 30 Days
                 Sterile Leak-Proof Container:
                        Refrigerated only: 72 hours
 
Collection Inst

Culture- Centrifuge Enhanced Culture • Histochemical Stain
Monoclonal Fluorescent Antibody Typing

Culture- Monday through Sunday
Typing - Tuesday and Friday

Quest Diagnostics' Nichols Institute, Inc. - Chantilly

Culture- 87255
Typing- 87140
 
LOINC code: 41461-5

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