Result Test Name
QUEST CAMPYLOBACTER SPECIES
Laboratory
QUEST LAB
Result Test Code
12386024801
Laboratory Test Name
QUEST GI PATHOGEN PANEL PCR FECES
Reportable Test Name
-
Result LOINC
82196-7
Collection Container
Para Pak C&S (Orange Cap)
Units
-
Collection Requirements
Collection Instructions 1. Collect fresh fecal specimen and submit in container with transport medium. 2. Place feces in preservative within 2 hours of collection. 3. Submit preserved feces in original container. Do not aliquot. 4. If unpreserved specimens received testing will be canceled. * Samples should be collected Monday through Thursday .*
Container Temp
Room Temperature (1)
Container Volume
5.000
Test Info
Preferred Specimen(s) 1 g or 5 mL fecal specimen collected in Cary-Blair transport system or modified Cary-Blair media (Para-Pak C and S Meridian or Cary-Blair Remel or Cary-Blair Protocol) Minimum Volume 1 mL
Shipping Instructions
Specimen must arrive within 96 hours of collection. Do not freeze. Testing will be canceled on specimens received frozen. Additional information: If collection media other than those listed is utilized testing may be canceled. Media listed have been verified for use by Mayo Clinic Laboratories. Modified Cary-Blair media: Preferred: Culture and Sensitivity Stool Transport Vial Acceptable: Para-Pak C and S Meridian Cary-Blair media: Cary-Blair Remel; Cary-Blair Protocol Cary-Blair transport system is required. Specific for recovery of enteric pathogens from fecal specimens (15 mL of non-nutritive transport medium containing phenol red as a pH indicator; Cary-Blair media: Remel Cary-Blair Protocol Cary-Blair Para-Pak C and S [modified Cary-Blair]). Submit sample in original Cary-Blair medium container (not an aliquot).