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Test Code LAB3180 FilmArray Pneumonia Panel, PCR, BAL specimens

Additional Codes

SQ : PNBLAV

COLLECTION

Collection Information: 

 BAL specimens.

 

This test should not be ordered for any other source except BAL or SPUTUM.  For Nasopharyngeal Samples the Filmarray Respiratory Virus Panel may be used.

STABILITY

Refrigerated Stability: 

1 day

 

Ambient Stability: 

Samples should be testing as soon after collection as possible and within 4 hours.

PERFORMING LAB

Performed: 

Daily, as needed

 

Analytical Time: 

2 hours

 

Testing Laboratory: 

Pathology Laboratory
Iowa Methodist Medical Center

 

Laboratory Section: 

Microbiology (Pathology Laboratory)
Core Laboratory (Iowa Methodist Medical Center)

CPT Code

87633