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Sterile Dacron Swab in Media
Specimen Requirements
Preferred:
Container/Tube: One Sterile Dacron Swab in Media
Collection Instructions: Obtain the specimen using the Adeza Biomedical Specimen Collection Kit. The specimen should be obtained from the posterior fornix of the vagina during a speculum examination. The polyester-tipped applicator from the kit should be inserted in the vagina and lightly rotated across the posterior fornix for approximately 10 seconds to absorb the cervicovaginal secretions.
Specimen Stability
Ambient: 8 hours
Refrigerate: 72 hours
Frozen: 3 months
Reference Range
Normal= Negative
Methodology
Lateral flow, solid phase Immunochromatographic assay.
CPT
82731
Lab Handling
Specimens must be analyzed within 8 hours if at room temperature, within 3 days if kept refrigerated (2-8 C), or within 3 months if frozen. Collection kits are kept refrigerated in the Hematology department. Specimens should be refrigerated.