Specimen Requirements
Title
SARS COV 2 RNA, RT PCR (COVID 19)
Specimen Requirement
Collect a nasopharyngeal swab using the Copan UTM collection kit.
Alternate Sample:
Collect nasopharyngeal swab in M4 Media (no wooden swabs to be used).
Please ship immediately.
Methodology
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
Stability
Room temp: 48 hours, Refrigerated: 7 days, Frozen: 7 days
Reference Range
Negative
Turnaround
1-3 days
Clinical Use
Test Code
COV19