Helicobacter pylori Antigen
Order Code: HPYSTOOL
Epic Lab Code: LAB4483
Order Form: A-1a Miscellaneous Request or Epic Req
Commercial Mail-out Laboratory
6240 RCP
356-3527
Specimen:
Stool
Collection Medium:
Feces specimen, stool container
Minimum:
Preferred minimum: 5 g stool in clean unpreserved stool container Absoluate minimum: 1 g stool in clean unpreserved stool container
Rejection Criteria:
Tissue, gastric specimens. Stool in Ecofix™, formalin, MIF, Protofix™, PVA, Total-fix™, Unifix™, or any other preservative.
Delivery Instructions:
Submit specimen to laboratory as soon as possible after collection.
Specimen Instructions:
To avoid false negative results, no antibiotics, proton pump inhibitors, or a bismuth preparation should be administered to patient for 14 days prior to specimen collection.
Analytic Time:
24 hours upon receipt at reference laboratory
Reference Range:
Negative
Methodology:
Enzyme Immunoassay
CPT Code:
87338