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Test Code GIID Gastrointestinal Panel, Stool

Performing Laboratory

Lima Memorial Health System Laboratory

Specimen Requirements

Container/Tube: Cary Blair transport vial
Collection Instructions: Fill Cary Blair collection vial to indicated mark. Do not overfill or underfill.

Also Acceptable:
Container/Tube: Clean, dry container

Reference Values

Not Detected

Specimen Stability

Ambient: 4 days in Cary Blair
Refrigerate: 4 days in Cary Blair

Day(s) Test Set Up

Monday through Sunday

Methodology

BioFire FilmArray - PCR

Test Classification and CPT Coding

87507

Panel Information

Tests Included:

Campylobacter (C.jejuni/C. coli/C. upsaliensis)

Adenovirus F40/41

Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) toxin A/B

Astrovirus

Plesiomonas shigelloides

Norovirus GI/GII

Salmonella

Rotavirus A

Vibrio (V. parahaemolyticus/V. vulnificus/V. cholerae), including specific identification of Vibrio cholerae

Sapovirus (Genogroups I,II,IV, and V)

Yersinia enterocolitica

Cryptosporidium

Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC)

Cyclospora cayetanensis

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) Entamoeba histolytica
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) lt/st Giardia lamblia (also known as G. intestinalis and G. duodenalis)
Shiga-like toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) stx1/stx2 (including specific identification of the E. coli O157 serogroup within STEC)  
Shigella/ Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli (EIEC)