EBV Quantitative PCR, blood (immunocompromised)
Additional Codes
Epic orderable procedure: LAB11423
Collection Requirements
Source: blood
Container: EDTA lavender
Volume:
- Vacutainer
- Preferred: 3 mL
- Minimum: 1 mL
- Microtainer - 500 mcL
- Do NOT short fill
Availability
Routine
Turn Around Time
2-5 days
Batched testing run on Tuesday and Thursday
Specimens must arrive in Microbiology before 5:30 am to be included in the batch
Lab Processing Instructions
Specimen: whole blood
Refrigerate
Specimens must be received in Microbiology within 24-hours of collection
Performing Laboratory
Adele Hall
Adele Hall Lab Section
Microbiology
Instrumentation/Methodology
Quantitative PCR
Linearity range: 500 - 5,000,000 IU/mL
Reference Ranges
Not detected
CPT
87799