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Catalog ID Mumps PCR Mumps PCR

Important Note

Order: Ref Misc Referral Lab Test

Comment: Mumps PCR

Infectious

Specimen Requirements

Buccal swab (be sure to swab paratid glands) in viral transport media.

Patient should not eat, drink, smoke, or chew gums for 30 minutes prior to collecting sample.

Turn Around Time

2-5 days

Performing Laboratory

ARUP Laboratories

http://ltd.aruplab.com/Tests/Pub/3000523

Methodology

Qualitative PCR

Performance

Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat

Reject Criteria

Frozen; not in viral transport media; nasopharyngeal swab