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Test Code LAB5087 GI Bacterial Panel PCR

Specimen Requirement

Outpatients: Cary-Blair preserved stool specimen

AHS Hospital Inpatients: Sterile stool collection container

Testing Schedule

Daily

Specimen Stability

Cary-Blair : 2-8° Celcius for 72 hours

Sterile Container : immediately transport specimen to the hospital lab

Specimen Type

Stool

Reference Range

Not Detected for Salmonella, Campylobacter, Shigella, and Shiga Toxin

Testing Department

Microbiology

Method

NAAT

CPT Code

87505

Turnaround Time

24 hours

STAT Turnaround Time

Not Applicable