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Test Code BTPPCR Bordetella pertussis and parapertussis by Rapid PCR

Additional Codes

Epic EAP
LAB923  Bordetella pertussis / parapertussis PCR 

Specimen Requirements

Collection Information: 

Preferred specimen: Nasopharyngeal swabs in Universal Transport Media (UTM) or viral transport media (VTM)
Acceptable: Nasal wash in sterile container

 

Unacceptable Conditions: 

Nose and throat swabs are not acceptable specimens and will be rejected.

Note:
1. The following specimens may be inhibitory to PCR testing and will be rejected:
   A. Calcium alginate swabs.
   B. Cotton-tipped swabs.
   C. Swabs sent in gel or Aimies transport medium. (eSwabs)

Stability

Refrigerated Stability: 

7 days - Preferred

 

Frozen Stability: 

7 days

 

Ambient Stability: 

7 days

Performing Laboratory

Pathology Laboratory, UnityPoint Health, Des Moines

CPT

87798 x2

Methodology

Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). PCR amplification and hybridization

Performance

Monday through Friday

 

Analytical Time: 

1 day

 

Testing Laboratory: 

Pathology Laboratory

 

Laboratory Section: 

Microbiology

Alias

Bordetella pertussis and parapertussis, Bordetella Pertussis Detection by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), Parapertussis, PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction), Pertussis, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), Whooping Cough, Bordetella parapertussis by PCR, Bordetella parapertussis by Rapid PCR