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Test Code GIP GI Panel Immunocompromised

Important Note

Should only be ordered on Inpatients, ER patients, patients who are immunocompromised, or by a Gastointestional provider.  Specific GI Panel orderables are as followed:

GI Panel Bacterial/Dysentary

GI Panel Viral

GI Panel Travel/Parasite

Infectious

EHR Test Codes

  Test Code Test Name
Atlas GIP GI Panel Immunocompromised
Cerner   GI Panel Immunocompromised

 

Specimen Requirements

Preparation of Patient:

None

 

Container Type:

Cary Blair Enteric Pathogen Vial and Empty Stool Vial

 

Specimen Type:

Stool

 

Specimen Volume:

200 uL

 

Specimen Handling/Transport:  

Stool must be added to Cary Blair media within 2 hours of collection.  Transport ambient room temperature.

 

Specimen Stability/Storage:

4 days 2-30°C

 

Performing Laboratory

Munson Medical Center Laboratories

Microbiology Department

Priority, Frequency, & Turnaround

Priority:

Non-Emergent

 

Frequency:

24 hours 7 days a week

 

Turnaround:

0 - 1 days

Methodology

Nested Multiplex PCR

Reporting

Reference Range:

Campylobacter Not Detected
Salmonella Not Detected
Y. Enterocolitica Not Detected
Shiga-like toxin-producing E. Coli (STEC) Not Detected
E. Coli 0157 Not Detected
Shigella/Enteroinvasive E. Coli (EIEC) Not Detected
Cryptosporidium Not Detected
C. cayetanesis Not Detected
E. histolytica Not Detected
Giardia lamblia Not Detected
Adenovirus F40/41 Not Detected
Astrovirus Not Detected
Norovirus Not Detected
Rotavirus A Not Detected
Sapovirus Not Detected
P. shigelloides Not Detected
Vibrio Not Detected
Vibrio cholerae Not Detected
EAEC Not Detected
EPEC Not Detected
ETEC Not Detected

 

Reflex Testing:

Positive Salmonella, Vibrio, Vibrio cholerae, Y Enterocolitica, STEC, E. coli 0157, EIEC, C. cayetanesis will be submitted to MDHHS per the Reportable Disease guide.

 

Result Interpretation:

If four or more distinct organisms are detected in a specimen, retesting is recommended to confrim result.

 

Critical Decision Level:

None

Clinical Significance

The gastrointestinal pathogen panel is indicated as an aid in the diagnosis of specific agents of gastrointestinal illness and results are meant to be used in conjunction with other clinical, laboratory, and epidemiological data.  Positive results do not rule out co-infection with organisms not included in the GI Panel.  The agent detected may not be the definite casue of the disease.

CPT Code(s)

87507