Swab or urine

Swab Specimens:

1. Collect the specimen using the appropriate collection swab (no wooden swabs).
2.  Place the swab in Cobas media.
3. Label the tube with two patient identifiers (i.e. - the patient's full name, date of birth, identification number), date and time of
collection, initials of the person collecting the specimen, and the specimen source.
4. Maintain sterility and forward promptly.
5.  The specimen source is required for processing.

Urine:

1. Collect 10 - 50 mL from the first-catch, random urine collection in a polypropylene container without preservative. Urine that has been transferred to a yellow top tube without preservative is also acceptable.
2. Label the container with two patient identifiers (i.e. - the patient's full name, date of birth, identification number), date and time of
collection, initials of the person collecting the specimen, and the specimen source.
3. Maintain sterility and forward promptly.
4.  The specimen source is required for processing.

This test is for swab and urine specimens.

Room temperature up to 24 hours 
Refrigerate if >24 hours

1. Swabs with wooden shafts are not acceptable.
2. The swab MUST BE PRESENT in the transport media.
3. Urine specimens containing preservative (gray top or tiger top urine tubes) are not acceptable.
4. GenProbe (Aptima) urine transport tubes are not acceptable.
5. Frozen urine or frozen swabs are not acceptable.

87661- Trichomonas PCR (EAP 30035087)