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Test Code 416387516 Stool Bacterial Panel PCR

Important Note

Important ordering note for Inpatients: 

The laboratory accepts no more than one specimen for this test. 

The laboratory does not accept specimens from inpatients after the third hospital day, without prior consultation with an individual who can explain the utility of testing.

Test stool for Clostridium difficile toxin for all patients over 6 months of age with clinically significant diarrhea and a history of antibiotic exposure.  Consider C. difficile testing as an alternative to routine microbiologic studies for inpatients over 6 months of age who have test requests for routine enteric pathogens.

These recommendations are for diagnostic testing.  Different guidelines may apply to tests ordered for follow-up.

Performing Laboratory

Torrance Memorial Laboratories

Specimen Requirements

Inpatients

Container:  Sterile Container (container "s") - click link under "Resources" to see picture
 

Outpatients and Outreach - use following container:

Container:  Orange top vial stool preservative (container "o") - click link under "Resources" to see picture
 

Specimen Type:  Stool

Specimen Transport Temperature

Ambient

 

Stability:

Specimens in sterile container or preservative:

Room Temperature:  24 hours

Refrigerated:  5 days

Methodology

PCR

Reference Range

No Salmonella spp. DNA Detected

No Shigella spp./Enteroinvasive E. coli DNA Detected

No Campylobacter spp. (jejuni and coli) DNA Detected

No Shiga toxin-producing gene(s) Detected.

Day(s) Test Set Up/TAT

Performed:

Daily

 

TAT:

2 days

Aliases

Stool Culture (replacement)

CPT Code

87505