EPIC Lab Number

LAB6253

Collect

Lavender Top Tube (EDTA)

Volume: 6 mLs

Additional Requirements

Collect:   6ml Lavender ( K2 EDTA 10.8mg Tube)
Auto Lab Accepts:
Blood tube vial - levanter - EDTA - PET

Unacceptable Conditions

  • Specimens collected in non-EDTA tubes.
  • Specimens not processed within 24 hrs.
  • Plasma < 2 mLs
  • Hemolysed specimens.

Storage/Transport Temperature

Room Temperature

Stability (from collection to initiation)

24 hrs at room temperature prior to centrifugation, 5 days at 4 ° C after processing

Performed

Daily

Reported

1-3 days

Remarks

Patients must have a documented HIV-1 diagnosis in the medical record.

Lab info

NewYork Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Section

Molecular Virology

Methodology

Quantitative PCR

Reference Interval

Not Detected

Interpretive Data

20 to 10,000,000 copies/mL.

Target below 20 copies/mL may be detectable but is not quantifiable.

Can this test be added to a previous specimen?

For add-on testing, please call the Microbiology lab at 212-305-6276

CPT Codes

87536
Test Information

EPIC Lab Number

LAB6253

Collect

Lavender Top Tube (EDTA)

Volume: 6 mLs

Additional Requirements

Collect:   6ml Lavender ( K2 EDTA 10.8mg Tube)
Auto Lab Accepts:
Blood tube vial - levanter - EDTA - PET

Unacceptable Conditions

  • Specimens collected in non-EDTA tubes.
  • Specimens not processed within 24 hrs.
  • Plasma < 2 mLs
  • Hemolysed specimens.

Storage/Transport Temperature

Room Temperature

Stability (from collection to initiation)

24 hrs at room temperature prior to centrifugation, 5 days at 4 ° C after processing

Performed

Daily

Reported

1-3 days

Remarks

Patients must have a documented HIV-1 diagnosis in the medical record.

Lab info

NewYork Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Section

Molecular Virology

Methodology

Quantitative PCR

Reference Interval

Not Detected

Interpretive Data

20 to 10,000,000 copies/mL.

Target below 20 copies/mL may be detectable but is not quantifiable.

Can this test be added to a previous specimen?

For add-on testing, please call the Microbiology lab at 212-305-6276

CPT Codes

87536

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