No additional confirmatory testing is required at the CDC, therefore a duplicate swab from the same lesion is not needed. If clinically indicated, consider submitting additional swabs if multiple lesions with different stages are present. Multiple specimens collected on a single patient should be submitted separately and be accompanied by its own separate requisition and transported in its own sealed bag.
Stability (from collection to initiation)
Room temperature: Unacceptable
Refrigerated: 7 days
Frozen: 30 days
Storage/Transport Temperature
Frozen
Unacceptable Conditions
Calcium Alginate swabs • Cotton swabs • Wooden shaft swabs • Dry swabs (e.g., not submitted in VCM or equivalent)
Test Code
MPXQL
Sendout
Yes
Performing Lab
Quest
Unacceptable Conditions
Calcium Alginate swabs • Cotton swabs • Wooden shaft swabs • Dry swabs (e.g., not submitted in VCM or equivalent)
Stability (from collection to initiation)
Room temperature: Unacceptable
Refrigerated: 7 days
Frozen: 30 days
Storage/Transport Temperature
Frozen
Reference Interval
Orthopoxvirus DNA, QL PCR: Not detected
Monkeypox Virus DNA,QL PCR: Not detected
No additional confirmatory testing is required at the CDC, therefore a duplicate swab from the same lesion is not needed. If clinically indicated, consider submitting additional swabs if multiple lesions with different stages are present. Multiple specimens collected on a single patient should be submitted separately and be accompanied by its own separate requisition and transported in its own sealed bag.
Collect
Lesion swab collected in 3 mL Universal Transport Media (UTM) or equivalent
Sample Type
Lesion swab collected in 3 mL Universal Transport Media (UTM) or equivalent
Unacceptable Conditions
Calcium Alginate swabs • Cotton swabs • Wooden shaft swabs • Dry swabs (e.g., not submitted in VCM or equivalent)
Reference Interval
Orthopoxvirus DNA, QL PCR: Not detected
Monkeypox Virus DNA,QL PCR: Not detected
Synonyms
Poxvirus
mpox
Storage/Transport Temperature
Frozen
Stability (from collection to initiation)
Room temperature: Unacceptable
Refrigerated: 7 days
Frozen: 30 days
No additional confirmatory testing is required at the CDC, therefore a duplicate swab from the same lesion is not needed. If clinically indicated, consider submitting additional swabs if multiple lesions with different stages are present. Multiple specimens collected on a single patient should be submitted separately and be accompanied by its own separate requisition and transported in its own sealed bag.
Stability (from collection to initiation)
Room temperature: Unacceptable
Refrigerated: 7 days
Frozen: 30 days
Storage/Transport Temperature
Frozen
Unacceptable Conditions
Calcium Alginate swabs • Cotton swabs • Wooden shaft swabs • Dry swabs (e.g., not submitted in VCM or equivalent)
Processing
Test Code
MPXQL
Sendout
Yes
Performing Lab
Quest
Unacceptable Conditions
Calcium Alginate swabs • Cotton swabs • Wooden shaft swabs • Dry swabs (e.g., not submitted in VCM or equivalent)
Stability (from collection to initiation)
Room temperature: Unacceptable
Refrigerated: 7 days
Frozen: 30 days
Storage/Transport Temperature
Frozen
Result Interpretation
Reference Interval
Orthopoxvirus DNA, QL PCR: Not detected
Monkeypox Virus DNA,QL PCR: Not detected
No additional confirmatory testing is required at the CDC, therefore a duplicate swab from the same lesion is not needed. If clinically indicated, consider submitting additional swabs if multiple lesions with different stages are present. Multiple specimens collected on a single patient should be submitted separately and be accompanied by its own separate requisition and transported in its own sealed bag.
Collect
Lesion swab collected in 3 mL Universal Transport Media (UTM) or equivalent
Sample Type
Lesion swab collected in 3 mL Universal Transport Media (UTM) or equivalent
Unacceptable Conditions
Calcium Alginate swabs • Cotton swabs • Wooden shaft swabs • Dry swabs (e.g., not submitted in VCM or equivalent)
Reference Interval
Orthopoxvirus DNA, QL PCR: Not detected
Monkeypox Virus DNA,QL PCR: Not detected
Synonyms
Poxvirus
mpox
Storage/Transport Temperature
Frozen
Stability (from collection to initiation)
Room temperature: Unacceptable
Refrigerated: 7 days
Frozen: 30 days
