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Test Code LAB1299 Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Misc Sources, NAAT

Important Note

Sources of anus, rectum, throat and mouth will be run at Alomere Health. Please collect these in the Aptima Collection Multitest Swab (orange label). All other miscellaneous sources (i.e. ocular - corneal/conjunctiva) will be referred to Mayo Clinic Lab and should be collected in either the Aptima Collection Unisex Swab (blue label) or Aptima Collection Multitest Swab (orange label). 

Methodology

Nucleic acid amplification test

Performing Laboratory

Alomere Health Hospital Laboratory

Specimen Requirements

Remember to label the specimen with the patient’s name, ID number and/or date of birth, date and time of collection and collector’s initials.

 

Rectal/Anal swabs in Multitest Specimen Collection Kit

  1. Partially peel open the swab package. Remove the swab. Do not touch the soft tip or lay the swab down. If the soft tip is touched, the swab is laid down, or the swab is dropped, use a new Aptima Multitest Swab Specimen Collection Kit.
  2. Hold the swab, placing your thumb and forefinger in the middle of the swab shaft covering the score line. Do not hold the swab shaft below the score line.
  3. Carefully insert the swab into the rectum about 1-2 inches (3-5cm) past the anal margin and gently rotate the swab clockwise for 5 to 10 seconds. Withdraw the swab without touching the skin.
  4. While holding the swab in the same hand, unscrew the cap from the tube. Do not spill the contents of the tube. If the contents of the tube are spilled, use the new Aptima Multitest Swab Specimen Collection Kit.
  5. Immediately place the swab into the transport tube so that the score line is at the top of the tube.
  6. Immediately discard the top portion of the swab shaft.
  7. Tightly screw the cap onto the tube.

Throat/Mouth swabs in Multitest Specimen Collection Kit

  1. Partially peel open the swab package. Remove the swab. Do not touch the soft tip or lay the swab down. If the soft tip is touched, the swab is laid down, or the swab is dropped, use a new Aptima Multitest Swab Specimen Collection Kit.
  2. Hold the swab, placing your thumb and forefinger in the middle of the swab shaft covering the score line. Do not hold the swab shaft below the score line.
  3. Carefully insert the swab into the throat ensuring contact with bilateral tonsils (if present) and the posterior pharyngeal wall, then withdraw the swab without touching the inside of the cheeks or tongue.
  4. While holding the swab in the same hand, unscrew the cap from the tube. Do not spill the contents of the tube. If the contents of the tube are spilled, use a new Aptima Multitest Swab Specimen Collection Kit.
  5. Immediately place the swab into the transport tube so that the score line is at the top of the tube.
  6. Carefully break the swab shaft at the score line against the side of the tube.
  7. Immediately discard the top portion of the swab shaft.
  8. Tightly screw the cap onto the tube.

Specimen Transport Temperature

Room Temperature or Refrigerated - 30 days

Reference Values

Neisseria gonorrhoeae DNA - Negative

Day(s) Test Set Up

Monday - Sunday

Test Classification and CPT Coding

87591 - Neisseria gonnorhoeae