LIAT with reflex to ePlex
Flu A, Flu B, RSV
N/P Swab
RCHSD Microbiology
LAB06012
upon receipt
within 24 hours of receipt
1 hour for RSV/Influenza. 3 hours if reflex panel
Nasopharyngeal swab in Viral or Universal Transport Media (VTM or UTM)
Viral Media
Insert swab into posterior nasopharynx and rotate; repeat with other nostril. Place swab into separate Viral Transport Media. Transport to laboratory ASAP.
Refrigerate-OK/Frozen-OK
Refrigerated: 7 days; Frozen: 1 month
Sources other than NP swabs, or swabs not immediately placed in viral media. Leaking specimens.
NP swab in Viral Transport media
N/A
Receive specimen in Main Lab, deliver to specimen to microbiology. If STAT, alert CLS of Rapid Influenza/RSV reflex RP panel.
Included TestsAdenovirus, Coronavirus, Human Metapneumovirus, Rhinovirus/Enterovirus, Flu A, Flu A H1, Flu A H1-2009, Flu A H3, Flu B, Paraflu 1-4, RSV A and B, Chlamydia pneumoniae, and Mycoplasma pneumoniae
01-21-18