Abbreviation: RESPP
    
      Specimen Type: Specimen
    
      Storage Temperature: Room temperature:  stable for 4 hours.  Refigerated:  stable for 3 days.  Frozen:  stable for 30 days
    
      Instrument / Location: RPS
    
      Host Code: YRESPPA
    
      LOINC: 39528-5, 23826-1, 34645-2, 41003-5, 62423-9, 41005-0, 41009-2, 38917-1, 40991-2, 55465-9, 22827-0, 49521-8, 49524-2, 40982-1, 29257-3, 29908-1, 29909-9, 29910-7, 41010-0, 40988-8, 31208-2
    
      Volume: Nasopharyngeal swab.  Place in 1-2 mL universal viral transport media
    
      Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts
    
      PSPC Testing Schedule: Performed daily, all shifts / Reported on same shift received. During peak season, 24 hrs. 
    
    
      Additional Information: ***Now includes:  SARS-CoV-2 and Bordetella parapertussis***  The respiratory viruses detected include adenovirus, coronavirus (229E, OC43, NL63 and HKU1), SARS-CoV-2, Influenza A virus (with subtyping for H1, 2009 H1 and H3), Influenza B virus, human metapneumovirus, parainfluenza virus (1, 2, 3, and 4), human rhinovirus/enterovirus, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The bacterial pathogens detected are Bordetella pertussis, Bordetella parapertussis, Chlamydophila pneumoniae, and Mycoplasma pneumoniae.