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Test Code Mumps PCR, State of Missouri Mumps PCR, State Mumps

Important Note

  • Test should be ordered in Power Orders as RL Test Miscellaneous with comments “Mumps PCR, State Mumps.” 

Patient Preparation

No specific patient preparation required

Container

Rayon/Dacron Swab in M4 media (acquired from lab)

 

AND

Red top vaccutainer

Preferred Specimen

Swab and Serum

Performance Information

  • Performance Frequency:
    • Daily
  • Performance Location:
    • Missouri State Public Health Lab
  • Methodology:
    • Virus Isolation and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)

Reference Ranges

Qualitative assay - results will be Detected/Not Detected

Critical Ranges

  • Detected

Reasons for Rejection/ Interfering Substances

Hemolysis: No information provided

Icterus: No information provided

Lipemia:  No information provided

  • Specimen received warm
  • Improper specimen type
  • No name on tube
  • Quantity not sufficient

More information

For more information, please visit the Missouri State Public Health Lab entry for this test at:

https://health.mo.gov/lab/mumps.php

Interfering Substances

 

Patients that have received one or more doses of the MMR vaccine may demonstrate an IgM response that is missing, delayed, or transient.

Collection Instructions