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General Information

Specimen Collection Guide

Order of Specimen Collection

Stat Testing

RRH Labs Critical Value List

Anatomic Pathology:

Aspiration Biopsy

Cytopathology

Surgical Pathology

Clinical Pathology:

Clifton Springs Hospital

Elmgrove Laboratory

Newark-Wayne Hospital

RGH Laboratory

RGH Lab at Linden Oaks

UMMC Hospital

Unity Hospital

RRH Lab Directors Approval

 

Mayo Clinic Laboratories

Test Code CTGRP Chlamydia trachomatis PCR Assay

Sample Type

Endocervical, vaginal, throat, Urethral, and rectal swab specimens or raw urine transferred to Cobas media within 24 hours

Collection Tube

·   Endocervical, vaginal, throat, and rectal swab specimens are collected with the cobas® PCR Female Swab Sample Kit.                                            
 • Urethral samples should be collected with a smaller urethral swab and then placed into the cobas® PCR media
• Raw urine should be collected in a sterile container or poured into a cobas® PCR Urine Sample Kit

Specimen Handling Instructions

Storage Conditions: 2-30oC

Transport

All swabs can be transported in a cobas® PCR media tube and urine can be transported in the sterile container or a cobas PCR media tube at 2-30oC

Department

Microbiology

Sample Stability

All swabs and urine samples are good for up to 12 months at  2-30°C once the specimens have been stabilized in cobas® PCR media.              
Frozen samples are not acceptable.