Specimen Requirements

Title

SARS COV 2 RNA, RT PCR (COVID 19)

Specimen Requirement

Collect nasal or nasopharyngeal swab using the Abbott Multi-Collect Specimen Collection Kit or the Abbott Universal 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

Reference Range

Per Report

Turnaround

1-3 days

Clinical Use

Test Code

COV19