Std Testing Specimen Chart
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1STD TESTING
Specimen Chart
Source
Acceptable Specimen Type
Order Name
Test Name
Bacterial Vaginosis DNA, Quant
Aptima Swab
Lactobacillus species
Vaginosis DNA, Quant PCR
Vaginal Swab Collection Kit - Orange label
Atopobium vaginae
Vagina
(Quest code # 16898)
Megasphaera species
Unisex Collection Kit - White label. Submit blue
tip swab only. (White cleaning swab will be
Gardnerella vaginalis
rejected)
BV Category
Aptima Swab
Candidiasis, PCR
Vaginal Swab Collection Kit - Orange label
Vagina
C. albicans, DNA;
Unisex Collection Kit - White label. Submit blue
Candidiasis, PCR
C. glabrata, DNA;
tip swab only. (White cleaning swab will be
(Quest code # 16494)
C. tropicalis, DNA;
rejected)
C. parapsilosis, DNA
Urine
Sterile urine container (first stream portion)
Thin Prep vial or Aptima Swab
Endocervical
Chlamydia/Neisseria DNA AMP
Cobas® PCR Vaginal Swab (pink labeling) kit
Chlamydia and/or GC DNA
Male urethra
No separate Cobas swab – see urine collection
Sterile urine container or Cobas® PCR urine
Urine
collection kit. First stream portion.
Throat
Aptima Unisex Swab:
Throat – Quest Ref Misc #70051
Chlamydia and GC DNA – Throat/Rectal
Rectal
White label. Submit blue tip swab only.
Rectal – Quest Ref Misc #16506
Aptima Swab
Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) 1/2
DNA
Vaginal Swab Collection Kit - Orange label
Herpes Simplex Virus DNA
Vagina
Unisex Collection Kit - White label. Submit blue
(Quest code # 90570)
tip swab only. (White cleaning swab will be
rejected)
Herpes Simplex (HSV)
Herpes Culture Virus, Culture
with w/Reflex
Typing
Genital
Viral Transport Swab
w/Reflex typing
Lesion
(NOTE: Aptima Swab not acceptable)
Aptima Swab or ThinPrep
Vaginal Swab Collection Kit - Orange label
Trichomonas RNA
Trichomonas RNA
Vagina
(Quest # 19550)
Unisex Collection Kit - White label. Submit blue
tip swab only. (White cleaning swab will be
rejected)
Aptima Unisex Swab – White label.
Male urethra
Quest – Ref Misc Code #90801
Submit blue tip swab only.
Aptima Urine Collection Kit
Urine
Quest – Ref Misc Code #19550
(Random urine - not acceptable)
Vaginosis Plus
Aptima Swab
Vaginosis Plus
C. trachomatis RNA
Vaginal Swab Collection Kit - Orange label
(Quest Ref Misc code # 17333)
N. gonorrhoeae RNA
Unisex Collection Kit - White label. Submit blue
tip swab only. (White cleaning swab will be
Lactobacillus species
rejected)
Atopobium vaginae
Vagina
Megasphaera species
Gardnerella vaginalis
*** One Aptima Swab can
T. vaginalis RNA, TMA
accommodate multiple tests ***
C. albicans, DNA
C. glabrata, DNA
C. tropicalis, DNA
C. parapsilosis, DNA
REV: March 2016
BD Probetec to Cobas® Changes
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