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Test Code LAB3818 Respiratory Panel

Important Note

Test is only performed on samples collected at TidalHealth Peninsula and Nanticoke Emergency departments or inpatient areas.

The organisms detected are as follows:  Adenovirus, Coronavirus 229E, Coronavirus HKU1, Coronavirus NL63, Coronavirus OC43, Human Metapneumovirus, Human Rhinovirus/Enterovirus, Influenza A, Influenza B, Parainfluenza 1, 2, 3 and 4, Respiratory Syncytial virus (RSV), Sar Cov-2, Bordetella pertussis, Bordetella parapertussis, Chlamydia pneumoniae, and Mycoplasma pneumoniae.          

Specimen Requirements

Nasopharyngeal swab submitted in Universal Transport Meda

Testing Method and Availability

  Method is nested multiplex polymerase chain reaction.  

Performing Laboratory

TidalHealth Peninsula Regional - Microbiology