Printable Test Catalog - OU Medicine

VESICLE/LESION COLLECTION:
1. Unroof vesicle with #15 Bard-Parker scalpel
2. Scrape the base of the vesicle (obtain basal and parabasal
cells with a swab)
3. Break swab into viral transport medium and keep on ice
during transport
TUBE OR CONTAINER: Viral transport medium or sterile container
(urine, CSF or stool)
SPECIAL HANDLING: Indicate specimen source and transport to lab
immediately; Do NOT collect blood or biopsy
specimens between 10:00 AM Saturday and 10:00
AM Sunday
ORDERING MODULE: MIC
TEST INCLUDES: Shell vial and culture
TEST AVAILABILITY: Monday-Saturday
TURNAROUND TIME: 2-3 days (Results are available next day
Monday-Thursday; Friday-Sunday in < 72 hours)
REFERENCE RANGE: Negative
METHODOLOGY: Shell Vial
CLINICAL USE: HSV shell vials will pick up 90% of the HSV
isolates
CPT: 87254; 87252
[VHSVTY] HSV 1&2 ISOLATE TYPING
[VHSVVC] HERPES (HSV) CULTURE
SPECIMEN REQUIRED: Refrigerated specimen
COLLECTION INSTRUCTIONS:
Use a viral swab to collect specimen from vesicles, stool, or
throat. Respiratory specimens, CSF, or urine for HSV may be
submitted in a tightly sealed container. All specimens should
be collected with a Dacron or Nylon swab and placed
immediately into viral transport media available from the lab.
Please contact the laboratory to obtain appropriate viral
transport media.
TUBE OR CONTAINER: Viral transport media
SPECIAL HANDLING: Deliver to lab immediately
Inclusion of patient clinical history and
differential diagnostic considerations is very
helpful. Indicate source of specimen
ORDERING MODULE: MIC
TEST AVAILABILITY: Monday-Saturday
TURNAROUND TIME: 10 days
REFERENCE RANGE: No growth
METHODOLOGY: Cytopathic Effect (CPE)
CLINICAL USE: Isolate Herpes virus (HSV typing is available
upon request at an additional charge)
CPT: 87252
[VHSVZFAI] HSV-VARICELLA FA (SKIN LESION)