Printable Test Catalog - OU Medicine

TEST AVAILABILITY: Daily
METHODOLOGY: Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS)
CPT: 83992
[PCRBORD] Bordetella PCR
SPECIMEN REQUIRED: Nasopharyngeal swab
Collection instructions: Specimens must be obtained with a
dacron swab on a flexible wire which is passed gently
through the nose into the nasopharynx, rotated and removed.
Aspirates of the nasopharynx or bronchus are not
acceptable.
TUBE OR CONTAINER: Regan-Lowe tube media
SPECIAL HANDLING: Obtain a collection kit containing an NP
swab & Regan-Lowe agar tube, plus collection
instructions from the Micro Lab (271-4006).
ORDERING MODULE: MIC
TEST INCLUDES: Bordetella PCR
TEST AVAILABILITY: Daily
TURNAROUND TIME: 72 hours
REFERENCE RANGE: Negative for Bordetella
METHODOLOGY: Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
CLINICAL USE: Detection of Bordetella pertussis and/or
parapertussis by PCR; establish diagnosis of
whooping cough.
[PCRCDIFF] PCR Clostridium difficile
[PDC] PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX
SPECIMEN REQUIRED: Fibroblasts or whole blood at room
temperature
TUBE OR CONTAINER: Yellow (ACD) or T24 flasks
SPECIMEN VOLUME: 10 mL (whole blood)
2 flasks
TEST AVAILABILITY: Monday-Thursday
METHODOLOGY: Radioactive assay
CPT: 82658; 88233
[PDGFRBFISH] PDGFRB/TEL TRANSLOCATION
SPECIMEN REQUIRED: Whole blood or bone marrow at room
temperature
TUBE OR CONTAINER: Dark Green (heparin)
SPECIMEN VOLUME: 10 mL (blood)
2 mL (bone marrow)
MINIMUM VOLUME: 3 mL (blood)
1 mL (bone marrow)
TEST AVAILABILITY: Daily
OTHER NAMES: 5;12 Translocation, PDGFRB/TEL by FISH
METHODOLOGY: Fluorescence in situ Hybridization (FISH)
CPT: 88271 x 2; 88275 x 2