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Abbreviation: URRP

Specimen Type: Specimen

Storage Temperature: Refrigerate

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YURRP

Abbreviation: ADVBL

Specimen Type: Plasma

Storage Temperature: Refrigerate

Tubes / Containers: Purple top tube

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YADVBL

LOINC: 62480-9

Volume: 1 mL plasma

Minimum Volume: 0.5 mL plasma

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Abbreviation: ADVOT

Specimen Type: Bone Marrow Aspirate, Respiratory speicmen, Body fluid, Urine, Stool, or Tissue (fresh, frozen or paraffin embeded)

Storage Temperature: Refrigerate. Transport snap frozen tissue in dry ice.

Tubes / Containers: Sterile Container

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YADVOT

Volume: 2.0 mL Bone Marrow Aspirate in EDTA tube; 2.0 mL body fluid, respiratory sample, urine or stool in a sterile containter.

Minimum Volume: 0.5 mL

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Additional Information: Results in 3 days from time of receipt at RPS

Abbreviation: BPPRP

Specimen Type: Nasopharyngeal Swab

Storage Temperature: Refrigerate

Tubes / Containers: Nasopharyngeal swab

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YBPPRP

LOINC: 23826-1

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Additional Information: Charcoal swab no longer acceptable.

Abbreviation: CHIKPN

Specimen Type: Serum or plasma

Storage Temperature: Frozen

Tubes / Containers: SST; purple top or pink (K2EDTA) also acceptable

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YCHIKPN

LOINC: 31208-2, 60260-7

Volume: 1 mL

Minimum Volume: 0.5 mL

PSPC Testing Schedule: Performed Tues, Fri / Reported 2-5 days

Additional Information: ARUP # 2013085

Abbreviation: CBBRP

Specimen Type: Whole Blood

Storage Temperature: Refrigerate

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YCBBRP

Abbreviation: JCDET

Specimen Type: Specimen

Storage Temperature: Refrigerate

Tubes / Containers: Sterile Container (1)

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YJCDET

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Additional Information: 0.5 mL Cerebral Spinal Fluid (CSF), 10 mL Urine, 1 gm Tissue, Fixed or Frozen

Abbreviation: MUMPCR

Specimen Type: Viral Culture Media

Storage Temperature: Frozen

Tubes / Containers: Buccal swab

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YMUMPCR

LOINC: 31208-2, 47532-7

Volume: Buccal swab placed in viral transport media.

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Additional Information: ARUP # 3000523

Abbreviation: MURTP

Specimen Type: Default

Storage Temperature: Refrigerate

Tubes / Containers: Viral Transport Media (1)

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YMURTPRA

LOINC: 31208-2, 6933-0, 51988-4, 68546-1, 69935-5

Volume: 1 mL urine or genital swab

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Additional Information: Transfer genital swab or 1 mL urine in viral transport media

Abbreviation: MGRP

Specimen Type: Specimen

Storage Temperature: None

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YMGRP

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Abbreviation: NVDET

Specimen Type: Stool

Storage Temperature: Refrigerated (3 or less days); Frozen stable 1 month.

Tubes / Containers: Sterile container

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YNVDET

LOINC: 56748-7

Volume: 1 mL

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

PSPC Testing Schedule: Performed Monday - Friday / Reported within 3 days

Abbreviation: TGPR

Specimen Type: EDTA Plasma

Storage Temperature: Refrigerate

Tubes / Containers: Purple Top Tube (1)

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YTGPR

Volume: 1 mL

Minimum Volume: 0.5 mL

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Additional Information: Refrigerate plasma up to 5 days and then freeze.

Abbreviation: TWP

Specimen Type: EDTA Whole Blood

Storage Temperature: Refrigerate

Tubes / Containers: Purple Top Tube (1)

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YTWP

Volume: 1 mL

Minimum Volume: 0.5 mL

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Abbreviation: VZVDB

Specimen Type: EDTA Plasma

Storage Temperature: Refrigerate

Tubes / Containers: Purple Top Tube

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YVZVDB

Volume: 1 mL

Minimum Volume: 0.5 mL

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

PSPC Testing Schedule: Performed M-F

Additional Information: Must be collected & processed using sterile technique. For PPT tubes, plasma must be spun within 6 hours of collection and then refrigerated. For EDTA lavendar tubes, plasma must be taken off cells within 48 hours and then refrigerated.

Abbreviation: VZVDP

Specimen Type: Bone Marrow in EDTA, CSF, Swabs in viral media and Tissues (fresh, fixed or FFPE)

Storage Temperature: Tissue: Fixed or snap frozen ship frozen on dry ice. Swab: Ambient must be received within 96 hours of collection; Frozen >96 hours Bone Marrow or CSF: Ship/store refrigerated

Tubes / Containers: Bone marrow in EDTA. Swabs in viral media or may also be transported dry in a sterile container.

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YVZVDP

LOINC: 11483-5

Volume: 2 mL

Minimum Volume: 0.5 mL

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

PSPC Testing Schedule: Performed M-F

Additional Information: Swabs in 2 mL sterile saline or viral transport media are ambient up to 96 hours and then must be frozen.

Abbreviation: ZIKA

Specimen Type: Serum or plasma

Storage Temperature: Refrigerate

Tubes / Containers: EDTA plasma or red top tube

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YZIKA

Volume: 2 mL

Minimum Volume: 0.5 mL

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

PSPC Testing Schedule: Performed M-Sat / Results within 8-12 hrs from receipt of specimen

Additional Information: IBT test: 4800 Avoid using gel separator tubes; samples collected in gel separator tubes have increased rate of PCR inhibition. Only send urine if the provider is requesting testing on a urine specimen, when collecting urine, a patient-matched serum or plasma specimen is required for serological follow up testing of negative RT-PCR results, per the CDC testing algorithm.

Abbreviation: TVTMA

Specimen Type: Unisex Aptima Swab / Urine Aptima Tube / Unpreserved urine up to 24 hours of collection

Storage Temperature: Aptima Swab/Aptima Urine: Ambient 1 month, Refrigerated 1 month. Unpreserved Urine: 24 hours refrigerated

Tubes / Containers: Aptima Swab / Urine Aptima Tube / Unpreserved urine up to 24 hours of collection

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YTVTMA

LOINC: 74384-9, 31208-2, 46154-1

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Additional Information: ARUP # 2005506

Documents: http://ltd.aruplab.com/Tests/Pub/2005506

Abbreviation: GASPCR

Specimen Type: E-swab

Storage Temperature: Room Temp Stable for 48 hrs

Tubes / Containers: E-swab

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YGASPCR

LOINC: 31208-2, 48767-8, 41852-5

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Additional Information: Negative PCR tests will continue to reflex to culture

Abbreviation: MRSANS

Specimen Type: **** E Swab ONLY ****

Storage Temperature: Refrigerated

Tubes / Containers: **** E Swab ONLY ****

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YMRSANS

LOINC: 72887-3

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

PSPC Testing Schedule: Performed everyday / Reported 2-3 days

Additional Information: Please call lab for specific swab. Any Red top culturettes received will be sent for Culture in place of PCR.

Documents: ARUP # 3002032

Abbreviation: COV19

Specimen Type: Nasopharyngeal swab collected in universal or viral transport medium, 3 mL tubes. Other acceptable specimens include BAL, sputum, and trachael aspirates submitted in sterile container or nasal washings collected in universal or viral transport medium. Acceptable substitutes for universal or vial transport media include phosphate buffered saline (PBS), sterile saline, or liquid Amies.

Storage Temperature: Frozen

Tubes / Containers: Swab

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YCOV19

LOINC: 31208-2, 94309-2

Volume: Ideal volume to complete testing is 3mL

Minimum Volume: 1 mL

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Additional Information: Cash price: $70.00 Results usually available within 48 hours of receipt in laboratory at RPS.

Abbreviation: FABRS

Specimen Type: Nasopharyngeal swab

Storage Temperature: Refrigerated; If delivery and processing exceed 48 hours, transport specimens frozen on dry ice.

Tubes / Containers: Universal or viral transport medium, 3 mL tubes

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YFABRS

LOINC: 76078-5, 76080-1, 76089-2, 94565-9

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

PSPC Testing Schedule: Performed daily / Reported within 24-48 hrs

Additional Information: Combo test will test for Covid 19, Influenza A/B and RSV. For patients with signs/symptoms of respiratory viral infection; Asymptomatic patients or patients where only SARS CoV-2 testing is required order COVID-19 by PCR (COV19)

Abbreviation: HPV

Specimen Type: SurePath Pap Vial

Storage Temperature: Ambient

Tubes / Containers: SurePath Pap Vial

Instrument / Location: BD Viper / PSPC

Host Code: YHPV

LOINC: 82675-0;77399-4;77400-0;61380-2

PSPC Testing Schedule: Results within 1-3 days from received date

Additional Information: All HPV's include 14 HR types with individual reporting of Genotypes 16, 18, & 45, if present. Please contact PSPC Cytology Dept. with any additional questions.

Abbreviation: OPOX

Specimen Type: Swab

Storage Temperature: Frozen

Tubes / Containers: Viral Transport Media

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YOPOX

LOINC: 31208-2, 41853-3

Volume: Lesion swab in Viral Transport Media

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

PSPC Testing Schedule: Performed everyday / Reported 1-3 days

Additional Information: ARUP # 3005716 SPECIMEN SOURCE REQUIRED

Abbreviation: MYCPNA

Specimen Type: Fluid

Storage Temperature: Refrigerate

Tubes / Containers: Sterile Container

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YMYCPNA

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Abbreviation: LSQPCR

Specimen Type: Default

Storage Temperature: Frozen

Tubes / Containers: Sterile Container (1)

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YLSQPCR

Volume: 2 mL

Minimum Volume: 0.5 mL

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Additional Information: Transfer respiratory specimen: BAL, bronchial brushings, sputum, tracheal aspirate, or pleural fluid in a sterile container. Place nasopharyngeal swab in viral transport media.