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Blood
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Plasma
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2-3 ml separated from whole blood collected in EDTA (lavender top) tube.
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Ship at ambient temperature Monday-Friday
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Whole Blood
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3-5 ml collected in EDTA (lavender top) tube. Do not freeze.
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Ship at ambient temperature Monday-Friday
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ImmuKnow® Specimens- Whole Blood
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2-3 ml collected in a sodium heparin (green top) tube. Maintain temperature by shipping the specimen in 2 inch thick styrofoam with specimen surrounded by ambient temperature gel packs.
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Ship at ambient temperature Monday-Friday
Specimen must arrive at ViraCor within 30 hours of collection.
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Hepatitis Specimens- Whole Blood
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7-10 ml in EDTA, ACD Solution A, or PPT sterile tube. Minimum specimen requirement is 2 ml plasma. Separate plasma from cells within 4 hours of collection and freeze. To remove plasma from cells, centrifuge at 1000 xg for 10-15 minutes. Do not clarify by filtration or further centrifugation. If specimen was collected in PPT tube, the entire tube can be frozen if desired following centrifugation.
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Ship ambient or frozen
Monday-Friday
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Body fluid other than blood or urine
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Collect 2-3 ml in a sterile screw-cap tube.
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Ship at ambient temperature Monday-Friday
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Bone Marrow
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1-2 ml, collected in an EDTA (lavender top) tube. Do not freeze.
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Ship at ambient temperature Monday-Friday
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Bronchial Lavage/Bronchial Wash
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2-3 ml, collected in sterile screw-cap tube.
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Ship at ambient temperature
Monday-Friday
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CSF
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1-1.5 ml in sterile screw-cap tube. Freeze prior to shipment.
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Ship on DRY ICE
Monday-Friday
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Eye swab
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Swab the inflamed conjunctiva or corneal lesions. Place swab in 1-2 ml sterile saline or viral transport media in sterile screw-cap tube.
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Ship at ambient temperature
Monday-Friday
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Fecal
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Sterile swab (plastic shaft only) or very small (pea size) fecal sample placed in 1-2 ml sterile saline or viral transport in sterile screw-cap tube.
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Ship at ambient temperature
Monday-Friday
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Nasopharyngeal Aspirate/Tracheal Aspirate
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2-3 ml collected in sterile saline in sterile screw-cap tube.
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Ship at ambient temperature
Monday-Friday
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Nasopharyngeal Swab
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Sterile swab (flexible shaft) placed in 1-2 sterile saline or viral transport media in sterile screw-cap tube. Do not use calcium alginate swab.
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Ship at ambient temerpature
Monday-Friday
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Swab
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Sterile swab (plastic shaft only) placed in 1-2 ml sterile saline or viral transport media in sterile screw-cap tube. Do not use calcium alginate swab.
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Ship at ambient temperature
Monday-Friday
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Tissue
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Place in a sterile screw-top container, add a small amount of saline to keep moist.
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Ship at ambient temperature
Monday-Friday Frozen tissue is acceptable
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Urine
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5 ml sample collected in a sterile urinalysis container. Transfer to a 15 ml sterile screw-cap tube for shipment.
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Ship at ambient temperature
Monday-Friday
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Vesicular Lesion
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Collect fluid and cellular material from the base of several fresh vesicles. Place swab in 1-2 mil sterile saline or viral transport media in sterile screw-cap tube. Do not use calcium alginate swab.
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Ship at ambient temperature
Monday-Friday
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Other Specimen
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Please inquire.
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