Lab Test Details
Lab Test Details
| SIM | LAB255 |
| CPT | 87252; 87254 |
| Synonyms | Cytomegalovirus culture; CMV shell vial |
| Specimen Type | Blood, urine, buffy coat, throat, bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), bronchial washings, cervical, semen, biopsy sources, or bone marrow |
| Container | Urine-sterile container; bronchial: sterile container; blood/bone marrow:2 green top (sodium heparin only); Throat, semen, cervical, biopsy sources in Viral transport medium |
| Collection Instructions | Two green-top (heparin) tubes; sterile leakproof urine container; viral, Chlamydia, or Mycoplasma culture transport provided by LabCorp, or other appropriate transport medium (throat, cervical, semen, biopsy sources) |
| Volume | 10 to 14 mL blood or 4 mL urine Bronchoalveolar lavage: Submit 10 to 50 mL fluid |
| Additional Information | Aid in the diagnosis of disease caused by CMV (e.g. viral infections, pneumonia, and organ transplant related disease |
| Patient Preparation | None |
| Specimen Processing Instructions | Do not freeze, maintain blood at room temp. Place all specimens in viral medium, unless otherwise noted. |
| Transport Requirements | Do not freeze. Maintain blood at room temperature; other specimen sources should be refrigerated. |
| Specimen Stability | 3 days |
| Rejection Criteria | Dry swab not in media, leaking container, wooden shaft swabs |
| Reference Range | Positive for CMV/Negative for CMV |
| Critical Value | |
| Test Includes | Shell vial or equivalent multiwell plate and conventional culture. |
| Methodology | Conventional tissue culture and shell vial cultures. |
| Testing Frequency | Shell vial cultures stained at 48 hrs. and 4 days after receipt. Cultures positive by shell vial are reported as final. Negatives are continued for 3 weeks, before reporting as final. |
LCA Supplemental | 008201 * Denotes Reference Lab test |
| Reviewed By | Rhonda Crowe |
| Reviewed Date | 2/22/23 |