Advanced Diagnostic Laboratories

Collect

Preferred: Two swabs. One swab for rapid test and one swab for culture
Copan white cap with Amies preferred.
Minimum: one swab

Patient Prep

Throat should be swabbed with sterile culturette and ampule broken. Specimen should be transported to lab immediately.

Storage Transport Temp

Specimen should be transported to lab immediately or refrigerated.

Stability

1 Hour

Performed

7 days a week

Methodology

Lateral flow immunoassay

Reported

1 hour for rapid screen
2 days for final culture

Department

Core Lab

Synonyms

STRPA

Reference Interval

By Report

CPT Code

87880