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Test Code LAB4900V Adenovirus DNA PCR Non-Blood (Stool or Urine Specimens)

Additional Codes

Viracor Test ID  
urine - 7502

  

Viracor Test ID  
fecal - 7538

Performing Laboratory

St. Louis Children's Hospital Sendout to VIracor Eurfins

Specimen Requirements

Patient Preparation: None

Container/Tube  
Preferred/Acceptable: Dependent upon specimen type being submitted (see below):

SUBMIT ONLY 1 OF THE FOLLOWING SPECIMENS

Collection:

Urine

  1. Aseptically collect 2.0 mL of specimen (minimum 0.5 mL)
  2. Place specimen in a screw-capped, sterile container.
  3. Label transport container with the PPID order label or patient's addressograph label with date and time of collection.
  4. Maintain sterility and forward promptly. Refrigerate if there will be a delay in transport.

 

Stool Specimen

  1. Collect a fecal specimen the size of a pea, or 2.0 mL of liquid stool
  2. Place specimen in a sterile, screw-cap collection container or stool collection kit.
  3. Label transport container with the PPID order label or patient's addressograph label with date and time of collection.
  4. Maintain sterility and forward promptly.

Submission Container/Tube: If specimen is coming from outside facility, send in original collection container. Refrigerate specimen if there will be a delay in transport.

Special Instructions: Maintain sterility and forward promptly at ambient temperature. Send to lab promptly. SPECIMEN SOURCE IF REQUIRED ON REQUISTION/ORDER FOR SPECIMEN TO BE PROCESSED.

Sample Rejection

Mislabeled or unlabeled specimens

Logistics

Test Availability: Monday-Sunday
Cut-off time: None

Days set up by performing lab: Monday-Saturday
Turnaround Time: 3-5 days

Reference Values

Reference Interval: Varies by specimen type. Call lab or see Viracor website for reference intervals for specific specimen type.

Critical Value: None established

Methodology

Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR)

Limitations

  • NA

Additional Information

FOR SLCH CORE LABORATORY USE ONLY

Lab Processing Instructions: DO NOT PROCESS. Give specimen directly to micro.virology bench to process under hood for sterile conditions. They will aliquot, if needed, into a sterile,screw-capped transport container then deliver to sendout bench to send to Viracor.
Processed Volume: 2.0 mL (minimum 0.5 mL) stool or urine

Transport Temperature: Ambient or Frozen dependent on specimen type. Please refer to "Viracor Eurofins website" for correct transport temperature.
Analyte Stability:

Specimen Type Temperature Time
stool or urine  Ambient 96 hours   
  Refrigerated     NA
  Frozen (preferred)    NA  

NOTE: ship specimen Monday-Friday only by FedEx overnight to Viracor Eurofins

Test Classification and CPT Code

87799

Test Classification: This test was developed and its performance characteristics determined by Viracor Eurofins Laboratories. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has not approved or cleared this test.

LOINC

NA

Last Reviewed

08/2025