Testosterone, Total, Women, Children, and Hypogonadal Males, LC/MS-MS
Use
Diagnose primary or metastatic neoplasm; detect Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and Trichomonas vaginalis. The HPV test specifically identifies types HPV16 and HPV18 while concurrently detecting the rest of the high-risk types 31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 56, 58, 59, 66, and 68 without further specific differentiation.
Special Instructions
Not provided.
Limitations
Failure to obtain adequate ectocervical, endocervical, or vaginal cell population is suboptimal for evaluation. Excessive use of lubricating jelly on the vaginal speculum will interfere with cytologic examination and may lead to unsatisfactory Pap results.
Methodology
Image-guided liquid-based Pap test; nucleic acid amplification
Biomarkers
LOINC Codes
- 2986-8
- 47528-5
- 56850-1
- 19773-1
- 19764-0
- 19763-2
- 52797-8
- 22636-5
- 22638-1
- 22639-9
- 19767-3
- 19769-9
- 11546-9
- 47527-7
- 50387-0
- 50388-8
- 46154-1
- 2986-8
Result Turnaround Time
3-6 days
Related Documents
For more information, please review the documents below
Specimen
Unknown
Volume
Not provided
Minimum Volume
Not provided
Patient Preparation
Patient should avoid douches 48 to 72 hours prior to examination. Specimen should not be collected during or shortly after menstrual period. Excessive use of lubricating jelly will interfere with cytologic examination.
Causes for Rejection
Improper collection; inadequate specimen; improper labeling; frozen specimen; specimen leaked in transit; quantity not sufficient for analysis; name discrepancies; specimen submitted on male patients; SurePath™ vial. For Pap: liquid-based cytology specimen more than 21 days old. For HPV: specimen more than six months old in ThinPrep® vial; excessively bloody specimens. For Chlamydia, Gonococcus, and Trichomonas: liquid-based cytology specimen more than seven days old; Aptima® specimen more than 60 days old; Gen-Probe® Aptima® collection tube with multiple swabs, white-shafted cleaning swab, or any swab other than the blue-shafted collection swab.