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Test Code 34052X Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) DNA, Qualitative Real-Time PCR,

Additional Codes

513917093

Performing Laboratory

Quest Diagnostics Infectious Disease, Inc.
33608 Ortega Highway, Bldg B-West Wing
San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675-2042

Specimen Requirements

1.0 mL Whole Blood, EDTA

 

Alternative Specimen(s)

ACD solution B (yellow-top) • CSF • Bronchial lavage/wash • Eye swab • Lesion (vesicle) aspirate/swab • Nasal/nasopharyngeal swab • Throat swab • Swab submitted in a V-C-M medium (green-cap) tube or equivalent (UTM) • Swab received in V-C-M or M4 transport medium, sterile or dry and include eye swab, nasopharyngeal swab, throat swab, and lesion (vesicle) aspirate/swab • 3 mm tissue in a sterile screw-cap container

Specimen Transport Temperature

Whole blood must be shipped refrigerated. Frozen whole blood is not acceptable for this assay.
Swabs in sterile M4 transport medium or dry are acceptable refrigerated for 8 days or frozen for 1 month. Swabs (dry or in M4 Medium) are acceptable and include eye swab, nasopharyngeal swab, throat swab, and lession (vesicle) aspirate/swab.

Methodology

Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR)

Reference Range

Not detected

CPT Code

87798