ADENOVIRUS ANTIGEN

Specimen Required
2 gm of unpreserved stool (0.1 gm minimum). Frozen.

Rejection Criteria
Rectal swabs, stool swabs, and stool preserved in formalin, SAF, or PVA

Methodology
Enzyme Immunoassay

Stability
Room Temperature: Unacceptable; Refrigerated: Unacceptable; Frozen: 1 week

Reference Range
Negative

Performed
Tuesday, Friday

Turnaround Time3-7 days
Test CodesAVAGFT
35-00271
CPT-4 Code (s)
87301

Warde
Medical
Laboratory