Varicella-Zoster PCR
Order Code: VZPCR
Epic Lab Code: LAB4231
Order Form: A-1a Miscellaneous Request or Epic Req
Commercial Mail-out Laboratory
6240 RCP
356-3527
Specimen:
CSF, Ocular specimen, Tissue Biopsy, Vesicle fluid
Collection Medium:
CSF container
Minimum:
1 mL CSF, ocular, vesicle, or tissue biopsy specimen in sterile container. Freeze tissue immediately. Pediatric Minimum: 0.25 mL
Rejection Criteria:
Non sterile or leaking containers, heparinized or hemolyzed specimens, tissue in formalin or other preservatives.
Analytic Time:
4 days upon receipt at reference laboratory
Reference Range:
By Report
Comments:
Specimen source must be recorded on requisition. Freeze tissue immediately. Transport fresh snap frozen tissue on dry ice. Transport vesical fluid or tissue biopsy in viral transport media.
Methodology:
Polymerase Chain Reaction
CPT Code:
87798