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Test Code KGCCHLG CHL/GC PCR PANEL, GENITAL

Important Note

  • Specimen Source is Required on all specimens collected

Acceptable Sources:

  1. Endocervix - Cobas Dual Kit
  2. Vaginal (PAP)
  3. Penile
  4. Rectal
  • Spermicidal agents and feminine powder sprays interfere with the assay and should NOT BE used prior to collection.

Cytopathology Specimen Collection and Handling

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Methodology

Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Amplification and Hybridization Capture of Amplified Target.

(PCR is utilized pursuant to a license agreement with Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.)

 

Useful for detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae (the causative agent of gonorrhea) and Chlamydia trachomatis  from a swab or ThinPrep®  PAP specimen.

Specimen Requirements

 

SUBMIT ONLY 1 OF THE FOLLOWING SPECIMENS:

 

Endocervix (Females Only)
Container/Tube:  COBAS PCR Dual Swab Sample Kit #60546

Specimen Volume: Entire specimen

Collection Instructions:

  1. Use large woven sterile swab provided in collection kit to remove any excess mucus, blood, or examination lubricants.
  2. Insert the flocked sterile swab (brush) into endocervical canal. Rotate swab clockwise for 3 to 5 seconds and withdraw.
  3. Place swab in collection kit transport tube.
  4. Break swab shaft at score marking, replace cap tightly.
  5. Label tube with patient’s legal name, date and actual time of collection, and type of specimen.

Spermicidal agents and feminine powder sprays interfere with the assay and should NOT BE used prior to collection.


ThinPrep® PAP Media (Females)
Container/Tube: ThinPrep®  preservative vial

Specimen Volume: Entire specimen on broom like device.

Collection Instructions:

  1. See “Cytopathology Specimen Collection and Handling, ThinPrep®  Method” in “Cytopathology Specimen Collection and Handling”
  2. Label vial (not lid) with patient’s legal name, date of birth, collection date, clinician, and specimen source.

Male Urethra

Container/Tube: NP swab, #1178 (Green with thin flexible wire) in the COBAS PCR Dual Swab Sample Kit #60546, solution

Specimen Volume: Entire Specimen

Collection Instructions:

  1. Insert the NP swab into male urethra. Rotate swab clockwise for 2 to 3 seconds and carefully withdraw.
  2. Place swab into the Cobas collection kit transport tube.
  3. Cut nasopharyngeal swab shaft (wire),  replace cap tightly.
  4. Label tube with patient’s legal name, date and actual time of collection, and type of specimen.

Rectum

Container/Tube:  COBAS PCR Dual Swab Sample Kit #60546

Specimen Volume: Entire specimen

Collection Instructions:

  1. Insert the large woven sterile swab into the rectum approximately 4-6 cm and rotate against the rectal wall several times.
  2. Withdraw the swab carefully; avoid fecal contamination. If cross contaminated, discard and re-collect
  3. Place swab in collection kit transport tube.
  4. Break swab shaft at score marking, replace cap tightly.
  5. Label tube with patient’s legal name, date and actual time of collection, and type of specimen.

Specimen Retention Time

30 days

Day(s) Test Set Up

Monday through Friday

Batched Daily

 

STAT Available 24/7

Maximum Laboratory Time

72 to 96 hours

Specimen Stability

 

Endocervical Swab or Urethral Swab

 

Specimen Type Temperature Time
  Swab Ambient 1 hour
  Refrigerated 7 days
  Frozen 30 days
     

 

 ThinPrep®  PAP Media

 

Specimen Type Temperature Time
       Thin Prep/PAP Ambient 6 weeks
  Refrigerated 6 weeks
  Frozen NO
   

 

Reference Values

Not detected

Performing Laboratory

Logan Health Medical Center Laboratory

Test Classification and CPT Coding

Test Classification:
This test was developed and its performance characteristics determined by Logan Health Medical Center, Kalispell, MT. Use of this test for specimen source of ThinPrep® PAP media has been cleared or approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

 

CPT Code:

87491, 87591