Urine, Endocervical Swab, Patient Collected Vaginal Swab, Throat Swab, Rectal Swab

Collect either first catch urine or swab.

For urine samples patient should not have voided for at least one hour prior to sample collection.

For swab specimen collections, use only the smaller swab provided in the Swab Collection Kit (Hospital Stores No. 143672). The larger swab in the kit should only be used for cleaning excess mucous from the cervix. Do not use this larger swab to collect a cervical sample; any tubes received with the larger swab will be rejected.

A transport tube containing multiple swabs, or a combination of swab and urine cannot be used in the Cepheid CT/NG assay and will be rejected.

The urine can be collected in a typical collection cup (not provided in the kit). Use the plastic transfer pipette provided in the Urine Collection Kit (Hospital Stores No. 143671) transfer urine from the collection cup into the transport tube until the liquid level in the tube reaches the black dashed lines of the transport tube label or else a new specimen should be collected. Do not overfill.

After collection, urine specimens may be stored and transported at 2°C to 30°C for up to 8 days. If longer storage is needed, specimens in Xpert Collection Kits may be stored at 2°C to 30°C for up to 45 days.

Urine specimens must be collected using the Xpert Urine Collection Kit (Hospital Stores No. 143671).

Swab specimens must be collected using the Xpert Swab Collection Kit (Hospital Stores No. 143672).

Deliver to laboratory immediately after collection.

24 hrs/day, 7 days a week, including holidays.

3 hours during the hours of 8am-5pm. After 5pm, testing will be performed as closely as possible to this turnaround time. Exceptions to this are the emergency room and inpatient units – a 3 hour turnaround will exist at all times.

Refer to the Xpert Specimen Collection product inserts for detailed sample collection instructions:

Clinician-Collected Rectal Swab Specimen Collection
Clinician-Collected Pharyngeal Swab Specimen Collection
Endocervical Specimen Collection
Patient-Collected Vaginal Swab Specimen Collection
Urine Specimen Collection (First Catch)

PCR amplification; Xpert CT/NG Assay (Cepheid)

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