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Test Code Billings Clinic: 9347 Norovirus PCR

Performing Laboratory

Billings Clinic Laboratory: Microbiology

Useful For

Useful as an aid in the diagnosis and differentiation of Norovirus genogroup I and genogroup II RNA.

Methodology

Real-time RT-PCR (RNA)

Specimen Requirements

Feces

  1. Submit raw or unformed stool in a clean, preservative-free container.
  2. If specimen is collected in a bedpan or collection“hat,” patient should urinate into another container before stool specimen is collected. Do not collect specimen from toilet.
  3. Label container with patient’s name (first and last), date and actual time of collection, and type of specimen.
  4. Store and transport specimenrefrigerated.
  5. Specimen is stable for 3 days if refrigerated.
  6. If expected transport time is greater than 2 days, transport specimen frozen.

Reference Values

Norovirus genogroup I, II - Not detected

Day(s) Test Set Up

Daily

Test Classification and CPT Coding

87798 x 2 - amplified probe

LOINC Code Information

Reporting Name LOINC Code
Norovirus genogroup I RNA 54905-5
Norovirus genogroup II RNA 54906-3