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Abbreviation: STRSC

Specimen Type: Throat swab

Storage Temperature: Room temperature

Tubes / Containers: E Swab or Culturette II swab kit

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YSTRSC

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

PSPC Testing Schedule: Prelim at 1 day, final at 2 days.

Additional Information: https://www.testmenu.com/nebraska/Tests/277223

Abbreviation: FUNBL

Specimen Type: Mycolytic F Blood Culture Bottle (Red label / Red cap)

Storage Temperature: Room Temp for 72 hours

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YFUNBL

Volume: 5 mL for adults; 3 mL for pediatrics

Minimum Volume: 3 mL for adults; 1 mL for pediatrics

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

PSPC Testing Schedule: Negative results available at 7 days and final at 30 days; Positives reported as soon as detected.

Documents: https://www.testmenu.com/nebraska/Tests/276872

Abbreviation: UUMHC

Specimen Type: Viral Culture Media

Storage Temperature: Refrigerate

Tubes / Containers: Viral Transport Media (1)

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YUUMHC

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Abbreviation: CTCU

Specimen Type: Cervical, eye, rectal, urethral swab, or peritoneal fluid. Also acceptable for newborns: Nasopharyngeal aspirate, swab or washing.

Storage Temperature: Refrigerated

Tubes / Containers: Viral Transport Media

Instrument / Location: ARUP via RPS

Host Code: YCTCU

LOINC: 6349-5, 31208-2

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Additional Information: ARUP # 0060850

Abbreviation: AFBBL

Specimen Type: Blood or Bone Marrow

Storage Temperature: Critical ambient storage. Transport to lab ASAP.

Tubes / Containers: Mycolytic / F Blood Culture Bottle (Red Label / Red Cap)

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YAFBBL

Volume: 3.0-5.0 mL blood for adults; 1.0-3.0 mL blood for pediatrics; 1.0 mL minimum volume for bone marrow.

Additional Information: https://www.testmenu.com/nebraska/Tests/276548

Abbreviation: AFBBL

Specimen Type: Specimen

Storage Temperature: Room Temp

Tubes / Containers: Draw aseptically per Blood Culture Collection procedure. Collect blood into Bactec Myolytic/F bottle (red label).

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YAFBBL

Volume: 3-5 mL blood for adults; 1-3 mL blood for pediatrics

Minimum Volume: 1 mL minimum volume for bone marrow

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

PSPC Testing Schedule: No Mycobacterium isolated at 6 weeks.

Additional Information: Critical ambient storage. Transport to lab ASAP.

Abbreviation: RAFCR

Specimen Type: Specimen

Storage Temperature: Refrigerate

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YRAFCRR

LOINC: 533-0

Volume: 20 mL

Minimum Volume: 5 mL

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

PSPC Testing Schedule: Performed M-F / Final at 6 weeks

Additional Information: Multiple collections from same site must be collected 24 hours apart. 5-20 mLs sputum or bronchial washings in a sterile leak-proof container.

Abbreviation: GBSPCR

Storage Temperature: Refrigerated; Stable 48 hrs

Tubes / Containers: Eswab

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YGBSPCR

LOINC: 48683-7

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

PSPC Testing Schedule: Resulted within 1-3 days

Additional Information: Collect: Without using a speculum, using a single Copan E-swab, collect the specimen first from the vagina (near the introitus) by inserting the swab about two centimeters and then from the rectum by inserting the same swab one centimeter through the anal sphincter. Label specimen with patient name, DOB, collection date and time, and source. Transport to laboratory.

Abbreviation: TBGEN

Specimen Type: Specimen

Storage Temperature: Refrigerate

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YTBGEN

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Abbreviation: ECTO

Specimen Type: Specimen

Storage Temperature: Room Temp

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YECTO

LOINC: 20932-0, 31208-2, 48767-8

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Additional Information: Skin and Hair Scrapings. Insects, ticks, mice, lice, worm and worm proglottids.

Abbreviation: TIDR

Specimen Type: Transport full intact tick in 70 percent ethanol.

Tubes / Containers: Specimen container

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YTIDR

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Additional Information: ARUP # 2006502

Abbreviation: CSDM

Specimen Type: Stool

Storage Temperature: Room temperature or refrigerated also acceptable

Tubes / Containers: Preserve 2 g of stool within one hour of collection in AlcorFix. Preserving in 10 percent formalin is also acceptable.

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YCSDMN

LOINC: 11478-5

Volume: 2 g

Minimum Volume: 1 g

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

PSPC Testing Schedule: Performed everyday / Reported 1-2 days

Additional Information: ARUP # 0060046 Due to the various shedding cycles of many parasites, three separate stool specimens collected over a 5-7 day period are recommended.

Abbreviation: OPBF

Specimen Type: Specimen

Storage Temperature: Stability: Body Fluid: Ambient: Unacceptable; Refrigerated: 72 hours; Frozen: Unacceptable Urine: Ambient: 72 hours; Refrigerated: 72 hours; Frozen: Unacceptable

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YOPBF

Additional Information: Peak egg excretion occurs between noon and 3 p.m.

Abbreviation: OVPAR

Specimen Type: Stool

Storage Temperature: Ambient: 9 months; Refrigerated: 9 months; Frozen: Unacceptable

Tubes / Containers: AlcorFix preservative; also acceptable, ProtoFix and EcoFix

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YOVPAR

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

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Additional Information: Order this test if the patient has had foreign travel or continued symptoms.

Documents: https://www.testmenu.com/nebraska/Tests/276941

Abbreviation: AFBIS

Specimen Type: Specimen

Storage Temperature: Room Temp

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YAFBIS

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

PSPC Testing Schedule: Performed Monday - Friday

Additional Information: Actively growing isolated organism, in pure culture on Middlebrook 7H10, 7H11, or Lowenstein-Jensen agar slants or AFB automated system bottle (ESP, Bactec, Septi-check).

Abbreviation: KOHP

Specimen Type: Tissue, sputum, skin scrapings, corneal scrapings, hair, nail clippings.

Storage Temperature: Room temperature

Tubes / Containers: Sterile container

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YKOHP

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

PSPC Testing Schedule: Performed daily / Reported same day

Additional Information: Do not put nail clippings or hair in a moist environment.

Abbreviation: VCHS1

Specimen Type: Buccal mucosa, eye, genital, rectal, throat or vesicle swab, or bronchoalveolar lavage, tissue or vesicle fluid.

Storage Temperature: Refrigerate

Tubes / Containers: Fluid: Sterile container or Viral Transport Media Swab or tissue: 3 mL viral transport media

Instrument / Location: ARUP via RPS

Host Code: YVCHSA

LOINC: 5859-4

Volume: Fluid Volume: 3 mL

Minimum Volume: 0.5 mL in sterile container

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Additional Information: ARUP # 0065065 Refrigerate up to 72 hours. Also acceptable: 3 mL viral transport media

Abbreviation: VCRES

Specimen Type: Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), Nasopharyngeal aspirate (swab or washing), Tracheal aspirate, Sputum, Throat or Lung Tissue

Storage Temperature: Refrigerated 72 hours only

Tubes / Containers: Sterile container or Viral transport media

Instrument / Location: ARUP via RPS

Host Code: YVCRES

LOINC: 6584-7

Volume: 3.0 mL

Minimum Volume: 1.0 mL

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

PSPC Testing Schedule: Fluid: Transfer 3.0 mL specimen to a sterile container or viral transport media. Swab or Tissue: Place in 3 mL viral transport media.

Additional Information: Specimen only good for 72 hours. Specimens received at PSPC after Thursday have a high probability of being rejected due to stability and shipment.

Abbreviation: VCGV1

Specimen Type: Eye swab, lesion, stool, tissue (brain, colon, kidney, liver, etc.), or urine.

Storage Temperature: Refrigerate for 72 hours only

Tubes / Containers: Fluid: Sterile container or Viral transport media. Swab or tissue: 3 mL Viral trasport media. Stool: unpreserved stool transport vial

Instrument / Location: ARUP via RPS

Host Code: YVCGV

LOINC: 6584-7

Volume: Fluid: 3 mL Stool: 1 mL

Minimum Volume: Fluid or Stool: 0.5 mL

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Additional Information: Specimen must be received at PSPC same day of collection. Specimens received after Thursday have a high probability of being rejected due to stability and shipment. ARUP # 2006498

Abbreviation: HSVDF

Specimen Type: Buccal mucosa lesion, cervical or genital lesion, eye, throat or vesicle swab, bronchial lavage (BAL), tissue, or vesicle fluid.

Storage Temperature: Refrigerated up to 72 hours - Can NOT be frozen

Tubes / Containers: Fluid: Sterile container or 3 mL viral transport media Swab or tissue: Viral transport media

Instrument / Location: ARUPvia RPS

Host Code: YHSVDFRPS

LOINC: 5846-1, 5849-5, 31208-2

Volume: 3.0 mL

Minimum Volume: 0.5 mL

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Additional Information: ARUP # 0060280

Abbreviation: RVDFA

Specimen Type: Specimen

Storage Temperature: Refrigerate

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YRVDFA

Volume: Respiratory specimen: Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), nasopharyngeal (aspirate, swab, or washing), or tracheal aspirate.

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Additional Information: Fluid: Place specimen in a sterile container or transfer to viral transport media. Swab: Place in viral transport media.

Abbreviation: LEGDF

Specimen Type: Specimen

Storage Temperature: Refrigerate

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YLEGDF

Volume: Pericardial fluid, respiratory, or tissue specimens Fluid: Prepare two duplicate slides. OR transfer 1 mL fluid to a sterile container. Tissue: Transfer tissue to a sterile container and place on gauze moistened with sterile non-bacteriostatic saline to prevent drying. Refrigerate up to 48 hours and then freeze.

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Abbreviation: ASGA

Specimen Type: Serum-No SST Drug Le

Storage Temperature: Frozen

Tubes / Containers: Frozen - Serum (1), Red Top (1)

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YASGA

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Abbreviation: CRYSPOR

Specimen Type: Stool

Storage Temperature: Unpreserved-Frozen / Cary-Blair-Refrigerated 72 hours ONLY

Tubes / Containers: Unpreserved Frozen Stool (preferred) / Cary-Blair Stool Vial

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YCRYSPOR

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Additional Information: ****PLEASE NOTE****Cary-Blair specimens received in at PSPC on Saturdays may be too old for testing****

Abbreviation: OVAARU

Specimen Type: Unpreserved Stool

Storage Temperature: Frozen

Tubes / Containers: 2 - 5 gram, Unpreserved Stool x 2

Instrument / Location: ARUP via RPS

Host Code: YOVAARU

Volume: 2 - 5 gram stool

Additional Information: Test splits into 2 seperate tests: GLAM (Giardia Antigen by EIA) and CRYSPOR (Crypto Antigen by EIA). Preferred specimen is 2 - 5 gram Unpreserved Stool, Frozen. Cary Blair (do not freeze) specimens acceptable up to 72 hours from collection, must be received at PSPC same day of collection, Monday thru Thursday.