H. pylori Antigen

Label Mnemonic:	HPYSTOOL
Epic code:	LAB4483
Downtime form:	Doctor/Provider Orders - Pathology Core and Specialty Care Nursery

Commercial Mailout Laboratory
6240-8 RCP
356-8593

Specimen(s):

Stool

Specimen Instructions:

Patient preparation: 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.

Specimen is stable for ONLY 2 hours at room temperature, 72 hours refrigerated and 1 month frozen.

Collection Medium:

Sterile Container

Minimum:

Preferred Minimum: 5 g stool in sterile screw top urine cup
Absolute Minimum: 1 g stool in sterile screw top urine cup

Rejection Criteria:

Gastric specimens, swabs or tissue. Specimens in media or preservatives.

Delivery Instructions:

Submit specimen to laboratory as soon as possible after collection.

Turn Around Time:

1-2 days upon receipt of specimen at ARUP reference laboratory

Reference Range:

Negative

Test Limitations:

Patient preparation: 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.

Methodology:

Qualitative Enzyme Immunoassay

CPT Code:

87338