Red top Cytomegalovirus vacuette (CMV) Blood None 5.5 7-12 days serum antibodies * tube Purple top K Blood vacuette EDTA EDTA tube Serology Lab must be notified before sending samples. Specimen collect date and time must be provided on request form. Samples must be received in Cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA 4.5 Laboratory, separated 10 18 days – CMV PCR * and frozen within 24 hrs of venepuncture. Please send to laboratory immediately as sample must be sent frozen to referral lab Sterile Urine Universal None Only accepted following consultation with Red top Dengue laboratory. Please Blood None 5.5 vacuette 18-24 days Antibodies * provide clinical details tube including comprehensive travel history Echinococcus Red top Only accepted following antibodies vacuette prior consultation with (Hydatid Cyst Blood None 5.5 18-24 days serum Consultant / tube Microbiologist. Cystercercosis Ab) * Red top Epstein-Barr vacuette (EBV) Blood None 5.5 7 12 days – serum antibodies * tube
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) antibodies * Blood None 5.5 Red top vacuette serum tube 7-12 days Cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA CMV PCR * Blood Urine K EDTA None 4.5 Purple top vacuette EDTA tube Sterile Universal Serology Lab must be notified before sending samples. Specimen collect date and time must be provided on request form. Samples must be received in Laboratory, separated and frozen within 24 hrs of venepuncture. Please send to laboratory immediately as sample must be sent frozen to referral lab 10 – 18 days Dengue Antibodies * Blood None 5.5 Red top vacuette tube Only accepted following consultation with laboratory. Please provide clinical details including comprehensive travel history 18-24 days Echinococcus antibodies (Hydatid Cyst / Cystercercosis Ab) * Blood None 5.5 Red top vacuette serum tube Only accepted following prior consultation with Consultant Microbiologist. 18-24 days Epstein-Barr (EBV) antibodies * Blood None 5.5 Red top vacuette serum tube 7 – 12 days
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