Herpes Viral Culture Rlx to Typing V VCH

Synonyms

Allscripts (AEHR) Order Name

Herpes Viral Culture Rlx to Typing

Sunrise Clinical Manager (SCM) Order Name

Culture - Viral, Herpes

EPIC Order Name

Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) Culture with Reflex to Typing

Clinical Info

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

Specimen Type

Tissue, Swab

Container

Viral Trn

Collection Instructions

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

Transport Instructions

Refrigerated

Specimen Stability

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

Methodology

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

Days Performed

Culture- Monday through Sunday
Typing - Tuesday and Friday

Performing Laboratory

Quest Diagnostics' Nichols Institute, Inc. - Chantilly

CPT

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

PDM

6400115

Result Interpretation

No virus isolated
 
If Herpes Simplex Virus Culture, Rapid Method is "Isolated", the Type 1, Herpes simplex virus and Type 2 Herpes simplex virus will be performed at an additional charge
 
Results available : 4  Days
                               5- 7 Days Typing

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