Ordering Recommendation: Use to detect cytomegalovirus in urine specimens. Does not quantify viral load.
Qualitative Polymerase Chain Reaction
Reference Range: Not Detected
Collect 1 mL urine in a sterile container
Outside Laboratories: Transfer 1 mL (min. 0.5 mL) urine to a screw-cap vial, leaving room at the top for expansion, and freeze at -20°C. Transport samples on dry ice.
Stability: Frozen (preferred): 3 months; Refrigerated: 72 hours; Ambient: 8 hours.
Unacceptable Conditions: Samples submitted in glass vials.
Transfer 0.5 to 1 mL urine each into two separate aliquots, leaving room at the top for expansion. If volume is low, prioritize the sendout test.
Log both codes below:
SPS Cross Hospital: Forward frozen UW440 sample to Renton Virology lab.
Sendouts:
Stability: Frozen (preferred): 3 months; Refrigerated: 72 hours; Ambient: 8 hours.
Unacceptable Conditions: Samples submitted in glass vials.
Sendout |
ARUP Laboratories, Inc.
800-522-2787 500 Chipeta Way |
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CPT: 87496