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Test Code NOROVIR NOROVIRUS PCR, STOOL

Methodology

Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR)

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

 

Useful for detection of norovirus, which is a major cause of acute viral gastroenteritis in humans.

Specimen Requirements

Container/Tube: Tightly-sealing, leakproof sterile container #261 or clean vial from a Stool Collection Kit

Specimen Volume: A minimum of 100 mg of diarrheal (liquid or loose) stool

 

Collection Instructions:

  1. Formed stool is not acceptable
  2. Collect fresh, unpreserved liquid or loose stool.
  3. If specimen is collected in a bedpan or collection “hat”, patient should urinate into another container before stool specimen is collected.
  4. Label container with patient’s legal name, identification number, date and actual time of collection, and type of specimen.

Day(s) Test Set Up

Available Daily

Maximum Laboratory Time

6 hours

 

 

Specimen Stability

Ambient: 24 hours
Refrigerated: 60 days
Frozen: not acceptable

Reference Values

Norovirus genogroup I: not detected
Norovirus genogroup II: 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 Molecular Diagnostics, Logan Health Medical Center, Kalispell, MT. It has not been cleared or approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

CPT Code:

87798 x 2-Norovirus genogroups I and II