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Test Code CDTP Clostridium difficile Toxin, PCR, Feces

Methodology

PCR

Performing Laboratory

Munson Medical Center Laboratories

Specimen Requirements

Specimen must arrive within 5 days of collection.

 

A minimum of 1 mL of fresh, diarrheal (liquid or loose) stool in a screw-capped container. (Formed stool, stool placed in Cary-Blair, PVA, or formalin preservative is not acceptable.) Send specimen refrigerated. Forward promptly.

 

Reference Values

Negative for Clostridium difficile toxins A and B

Day(s) Test Set Up

Testing is performed at these times only:

   Mon. – Fri. 6:00 am – 4:30 pm

   Sat. & Sun. 6:00 am – 2:30 pm

Stat testing service is not available.

 

Test Classification and CPT Coding

87324