HPV high-risk with HPV 16 and 18, anal/rectal

Alphabetical Test listing

HPV high-risk with HPV 16 and 18, anal/rectal-994

Test name:

Test number:

994

Excellian order number:

LAB994

Abbreviation:

MSO

Alternate names:

Human Papillomavirus

Useful for:

Specifically identifies types HPV 16 and HPV 18 while concurrently detecting the rest of the high-risk types: 31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 56, 58, 59, 66, and 68, without further specific differentiation.

Specimen type:

Anal/rectal swab

Collection container:

ThinPrep® Vial

Collection instructions:

An anal-rectal cytology specimen is collected using a Dacron swab.

Moisten the swab in tap water and insert as far as possible into the anal canal.
Slowly rotate the swab in one direction with gentle pressure on the walls as the swab is slowly being withdrawn.
1. Care should be taken to ensure the transition zone is sampled.
Vigorously rotate the swab in the PreservCyt® solution 10 times while pushing against the wall of the ThinPrep® vial.
Swirl the swab vigorously to release additional material.
Discard the swab.
Tighten the cap on the ThinPrep® container so that the torque line on the cap passes the torque line on the vial.

Transport container:

ThinPrep® vial

Transport and stability:

Ambient (preferred) - 6 months

Frozen - NO

Reason for rejection:

Improper collection
Inadequate specimen
Improperly labeled
Specimen more than six months old in ThinPrep® vial
Frozen specimens
Specimen leaked in transit
Quantity not sufficient (QNS) for analysis
Name discrepancies
Excessively bloody specimens

Performing lab:

LabCorp Burlington (508005): R-NX

Days set up:

5 days/wk

TAT:

5 - 7 days

Method:

Nucleic acid amplification (NAA)

Reference ranges:

Negative

CPT codes:

87624

LOINC code:

Result 75696-5

Date created:

05/20/2019

Revised date:

05/20/2019

Review date:

03/30/2022