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Test Code STLPCR Stool Filmarray Panel

Important Note

This panel tests for the following enteric pathogens: Bacteria: Campylobacter, Clostridium difficile Toxin, Plesiomonas shigelloides, Salmonella, Shigella/Enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC), Vibrio species, Yersinia entercolitica, Enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC), Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC), Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC), Shiga-like Toxin Producing E. coli (STEC) Parasites: Cryptosporidium, Cyclospora cayetanensis, Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia lamblia Viruses: Andenovirus F 40/41, Astrovirus, Norovirus GI/GII, Rotavirus A, Sapovirus (Genogroups I, II, IV, and V).  

Additional Codes

Hospital Ordering Code
LAB5043  STOOL FILMARRAY PANEL

Specimen Requirements

Preferred Collection Container: Cary Blair Medium Transport System

 

Also Acceptable Collection Container: Para-Pak C&S, or Sterile container; stool must be received and transferred to transport medium within 1 hour of collection

Performing Laboratory

Unity Point-Sioux City-Microbiology

CPT

87507

Specimen Transport Temperature

Ambient Stability: 

4 days