Test Code SHPAG Helicobacter Pylori antigen, stool
Additional Codes
Hospital Ordering Code |
LAB397 H. pylori antigen, stool |
Specimen Requirements
Container/Tube Type:
Sterile Container
ETM (Cary Blair Transport vial)
Collection Information:
Stool, Unpreserved
Unacceptable Conditions:
Stool on swabs.
Performing Laboratory
Pathology Laboratory, UnityPoint Health, Des Moines
CPT
87338
Methodology
Enzyme Immunoassay
Specimen Transport Temperature
Refrigerated Stability:
96 hours
Frozen Stability:
14 days
Ambient Stability:
96 hours
Day(s) Test Set Up
Performed:
Mon-Fri
Analytical Time:
Same day
Alias
H. pylori (Helicobacter pylori), H. Pylori Antigen, Stool, Helicobacter pylori