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Sterile Urine Container
Specimen Requirements
Preferred:
Container/Tube: Sterile Urine container
Minimum Volume: 5 mL Urine
Collection Instructions: Collect the urine sample in a sterile standard container (with or without boric acid preservative). If the sample is run within 24 hours, it can be stored at room temperature. Alternatively, the sample can be stored at 2-8°C for 1 week or frozen (-20°C). Make sure that samples always reach room temperature before testing.
Specimen Stability
Ambient: 24 hours
Refrigerate: 7 days
Frozen:
Reference Range
Negative
Methodology
Immunochromatographic assay
CPT
87449
Test Alias
Legionella Antigen, Urine
Lab Handling
Perform testing as soon as possible.