Cotton, calcium alginate or swabs with wooden shafts
Swabs without transport media, washes or Eswabs
Specimens collected with expired swabs, expired transport media or leaking containers
Health Partners Central Lab
Samples collected with expired swabs or UTM
Specimens received >96 hours from collection
Room temperature: 24 hours; Refrigerated: 7 days
Ship specimens at 2-8 degrees Celsius
Health Partners Central Lab
2-8 degrees Celsius: 4 days
Ship specimens at 2-8 degrees Celsius
Reported
Same day
Notes
Performing Lab: Amery, Health Partners Central Lab, Hudson, Hutchinson Hospital, Lakeview, Methodist Hospital, Regions Hospital, Westfields
Reference Interval
No Influenza A or Influenza B RNA Detected
Results from the Influenza A/B assay should be interpreted in conjunction with other laboratory and clinical data available to the clinician.
Exceptions/Limitations:
This test has not been evaluated for patients receiving intranasal administered influenza vaccine or for immunocompromised individuals.
This test has not been evaluated for patients without signs or symptoms of influenza infection.
This test cannot rule out diseases caused by other bacterial or viral pathogens.
Detection of the corresponding virus(es) does not imply they are infectious or are the causative agents for clinical symptoms. Positive results do not rule out bacterial infection or co-infection with other viruses.
False negative results may occur if a specimen is incorrectly collected, transported or handled. False negative results may occur if inadequate numbers of organisms are present in the specimen.
Methodology
Qualitative Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
Cotton, calcium alginate or swabs with wooden shafts
Swabs without transport media, washes or Eswabs
Specimens collected with expired swabs, expired transport media or leaking containers
Health Partners Central Lab
Samples collected with expired swabs or UTM
Specimens received >96 hours from collection
Room temperature: 24 hours; Refrigerated: 7 days
Ship specimens at 2-8 degrees Celsius
Health Partners Central Lab
2-8 degrees Celsius: 4 days
Ship specimens at 2-8 degrees Celsius
Reported
Same day
Notes
Performing Lab: Amery, Health Partners Central Lab, Hudson, Hutchinson Hospital, Lakeview, Methodist Hospital, Regions Hospital, Westfields
Result Interpretation
Reference Interval
No Influenza A or Influenza B RNA Detected
Results from the Influenza A/B assay should be interpreted in conjunction with other laboratory and clinical data available to the clinician.
Exceptions/Limitations:
This test has not been evaluated for patients receiving intranasal administered influenza vaccine or for immunocompromised individuals.
This test has not been evaluated for patients without signs or symptoms of influenza infection.
This test cannot rule out diseases caused by other bacterial or viral pathogens.
Detection of the corresponding virus(es) does not imply they are infectious or are the causative agents for clinical symptoms. Positive results do not rule out bacterial infection or co-infection with other viruses.
False negative results may occur if a specimen is incorrectly collected, transported or handled. False negative results may occur if inadequate numbers of organisms are present in the specimen.
Methodology
Qualitative Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
