Printable Test Catalog - OU Medicine

TURNAROUND TIME: 3 Days
NORMAL TEST VALUES: Negative
METHODOLOGY: Direct Fluorescent antibody (DFA)
CLINICAL INFORMATION: Evaluate lower respiratory infections
[VRSVFA5] RSV EIA/FA5
[VRSVFA6] RSV EIA/FA6
[VRSVPFA6] RSV EIA/PCR-FA 6
[VRSVSVI] RSV SHELL VIAL + CULTURE
SPECIMEN REQUIRED:
Nasopharyngeal wash+NP instructions:
1. Draw up 1-2 mL of sterile saline into a 3-5 mL syringe.
2. Remove the needle from the syringe and put on a butterfly
with a large tubing. Cut the tubing to a length of 2-3".
3. Place the tubing in the nasopharyngeal passage. Inject the
saline rapidly and draw back rapidly.
4. Inject saline and nasal material into the viral transport
medium. (If viral transport medium is not available, the NP+
wash may be added to 1.O mL of trypticase soy broth or
sterile saline.)
5. After or before doing the wash, use a Dacron NP swab to do a
good epithelial cell scraping of the nasopharyngeal area.
Place and cut or break the swab into the same vial as the
wash. Optimal testing requires epithelial cells. The
combination of both the wash and nasopharyngeal scrapings
are essential to obtain enough cells to perform the test.
6. Transport Immediately
TUBE OR CONTAINER: Viral transport media
TEST AVAILABILITY: Monday-Saturday
TURNAROUND TIEM: 48-96 hours
METHODOLOGY: Shell Vial
CPT: 87252; 87254
[VRSVVC] RSV CULTURE
SPECIMEN REQUIRED: Any respiratory specimen on ice
COLLECTION INSTRUCTIONS:
Nasopharyngeal wash+NP:
1. Draw up 1-2 mL of sterile saline into a 3-5 mL syringe.
2. Remove the needle from the syringe and put on a butterfly
with a large tubing. Cut the tubing to a length of 2-3".
3. Place the tubing in the nasopharyngeal passage. Inject the
saline rapidly and draw back rapidly.
4. Inject saline and nasal material into the viral transport
medium. If viral transport medium is not available, the NP
wash may be added to 1.O mL of trypticase soy broth or
sterile saline.
5. After or before doing the wash, use a dacron NP swab to do