91418 BK Virus Quantitative by PCR, Blood

Specimen:

Collect:

One 7.5 mL SST

Also Acceptable
One 4 mL Lavender (EDTA)

Submit:

1 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Serum. Submit Frozen. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.

Also Acceptable
1 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Plasma. Submit Frozen. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.
1 mL (Min:1 mL) Whole blood. Submit Refrigerated. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.

Special Handling:

Separate aliquot required for each frozen test ordered

Rejection Criteria:

Bacterially Contaminated Samples
Clotted Specimen
Frozen Whole Blood

Stability:

Ambient: 8 Hour(s); Refrigerated: 3 Day(s); Frozen: 1 Month(s); Incubated: Unacceptable

Performed:

Sun-Sat

Reported:

2-6 Day(s)

CPT Codes:

87799

Interpretive Data:

Please see report for interpretive data.

Components:

91417 - BK VIRUS SOURCE	91419 - BK VIRUS QUANT
91511 - BK VIRUS INTERP	91534 - BK VIRUS QUANT