Red top Requests only accepted Hepatitis delta vacuette from patients with Blood None 5.5 Weeks antigen * serum documented Hepatitis B tube infection Red top Not part of Hepatitis vacuette Screen. Please specify Hepatitis E * Blood None 5.5 7-12 days serum on request form if tube Hepatits E is required. Herpes Red top simplex Blood None 5.5 vacuette 10 18 days – antibodies * tube Red top HIV 1 / 2 Abs vacuette 2 6 days – + p24 Ag *** Blood None 5.5 serum (PTWIP) ** tube Red top HIV vacuette confirmatory Blood None 5.5 5 12 days – serum tests * tube Specimen collect date and time must be provided on request Purple HIV Genotypic form. Samples must be top antiviral K received in Laboratory, Blood 2 X 4.5 vacuette 16-24 Days resistance EDTA separated and frozen EDTA testing within 24 hours of tube venepuncture and Serology Lab notified before blood is taken. Specimen collect date and time must be provided on request Purple form. Samples must be top HIV viral load K received in Laboratory, Blood 2 X 4.5 vacuette 10 24 days – * EDTA separated and frozen EDTA within 24 hours of tube venepuncture and Serology Lab notified before blood is taken. Sterile aspirate, Universal Influenza Send to Microbiology Viral None 4.5 5-12 days * Laboratory nasal/ or viral Throat swab sample
Hepatitis delta antigen * Blood None 5.5 Red top vacuette serum tube Requests only accepted from patients with documented Hepatitis B infection Weeks Hepatitis E * Blood None 5.5 Red top vacuette serum tube Not part of Hepatitis Screen. Please specify on request form if Hepatits E is required. 7-12 days Herpes simplex antibodies * Blood None 5.5 Red top vacuette tube 10 – 18 days HIV 1 / 2 Abs + p24 Ag *** ** Blood None 5.5 Red top vacuette serum tube 2 – 6 days (PTWIP) HIV confirmatory tests * Blood None 5.5 Red top vacuette serum tube 5 – 12 days HIV Genotypic antiviral resistance testing Blood K EDTA 2 X 4.5 Purple top vacuette EDTA tube Specimen collect date and time must be provided on request form. Samples must be received in Laboratory, separated and frozen within 24 hours of venepuncture and Serology Lab notified before blood is taken. 16-24 Days HIV viral load * Blood K EDTA 2 X 4.5 Purple top vacuette EDTA tube Specimen collect date and time must be provided on request form. Samples must be received in Laboratory, separated and frozen within 24 hours of venepuncture and Serology Lab notified before blood is taken. 10 – 24 days Influenza * aspirate, Viral nasal/ Throat sample None 4.5 Sterile Universal or viral swab Send to Microbiology Laboratory 5-12 days