Cytomegalovirus (CMV), Quantitative, Plasma, PCR

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Category:

Turnaround Time: 2 - 4 days
CPT Code:

87497

Test Type: 1 mL Plasma
Stability Time:

Temperature

Period

Refrigerated

7 days

Frozen

90 days

Overview:

Quantitative detection of CMV DNA in plasma specimens as an aid to diagnosis and management of CMV infections.

Quantitative range is 200 to 1 million IU/mL.

Collection Details:

Collection Instructions:

Ship in a screw-cap polypropylene frozen transport tube.

Collect specimen in lavender-top (EDTA) tube. Centrifuge specimen within 24 hours of collection. Remove plasma, transfer plasma to a screw-cap polypropylene transport tube, and freeze. Ship frozen (preferred). To avoid delays in turnaround time when requesting multiple tests on frozen samples, please submit separate frozen specimens for each test requested.

Freeze.