Detection of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) in infants and pediatric patients under the age of 20
Nasopharyngeal (NP) swab collection:
New England Journal of Medicine video on NP swab collection: Nasopharyngeal Swab Collection Video
If a back-up culture is requested for a negative result on a swab, a separate collection in M5 transport media is required.
ESwab flexible mini-tip collection kit (blue)
NP swab:
ESwab mini-tip collection kit (green)
Other Nasopharyngeal bacterial culture swab
NP washing or aspirate:
Sterile container
NP swab
ESwab mini-tip collection kit (green)
Other Nasopharyngeal bacterial culture swab
NP washing or aspirate
Sterile container
Refrigerated - 72 hrs
Immunoassay
Negative