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Collection Requirements
Source: throat
Container: eSwab
- Using eSwab, sample the back of the throat between and around the tonsils
Turn Around Time
45 minutes
Availability
STAT
Algorithm
Negative rapid strep tests are automatically confirmed with a throat culture for Group A Strep
Lab Processing Instructions
Refrigerate if not tested within 1 hour of collection
Performing Laboratory
Adele Hall
Broadway
East
Kansas
Northland
Adele Hall Lab Section
Microbiology
Instrumentation/Methodology
OSOM Ultra Strep A
Reference Ranges
Negative
CPT
87880