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Test directory: Culture, Virus, BF, Tissues

Test directory: Culture, Virus, BF, Tissues

Ordering Code	6214
Test Name	Culture, Virus, BF, Tissues
Alias	Viral Culture, Non-Respiratory, Body Fluid, Tissue
Preferred Specimen	Sterile Body Fluid
Preferred Container	VCM medium (Green cap) or equivalent
Other Specimen/Container	Sterile body fluid in sterile container. Tissue with saline in a sterile container.
Optimum Volume	Sterile body fluid: 2 mL Tissue: As much as possible
Collection Instructions	CSF: Submit in sterile container (without transport media) Sterile body fluids: For all body fluids, add an equal volume of specimen to transport medium (VCM or equivalent) Tissue and biopsy material: Sterile screw-capped container with small amount of saline, no fixative or preservative Requested volume is as much as possible.
Handling Instructions	If transport time is >4 days, specimens must be frozen at -70 degree C and shipped on dry ice. Raw samples should only be refrigerated (NOT frozen).
Transport Requirements	Oahu: Refrigerated Airline: Frozen
Specimen Stability	VCM medium (Green-cap) tube or equivalent Room temperature: Unacceptable Refrigerated: 4 Days Frozen -20 Degree C: Unacceptable Frozen -70 Degree C: 30 Days Raw (unpreserved) specimens Room temperature: Unacceptable Refrigerated: 72 Hours Frozen: Unacceptable
Rejection Criteria	Ambient, Frozen -20, Wooden shaft and Calcium alginate swab, Dry cotton swab, Transwabs or swabs in transport medium other than specified, Tissues in formalin or other fixatives, Whole Blood, Bone marrow in EDTA (refer to PCR testing), Semen, Sputum, Respiratory specimens, Urine, Conjunctival, Oral or Genital lesion, Skin lesion
Avail. Stat	NO
Analytic Time	Up to 4 Weeks
Methodology	Immunofluorescence Assay (IFA), Tissue Culture
Reference Lab	Quest Diagnostics Infectious Disease

Reference range(s)

The reference ranges listed below are valid on this date of December 3, 2024.

Component	Age	Male Norm	Male Critical Low	Male Critical High	Female Norm	Female Critical High	Female Critical Low	Units	Add'l info
Source	ALL								See report.
Adenovirus	ALL								See report.
Cytomegalovirus	ALL								See report.
Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1	ALL								See report.
Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2	ALL								See report.
Enterovirus	ALL								See report.
Varicella Zoster Virus	ALL								See report.