SCPMG Laboratory System – Regional Reference Laboratories

Microbiology Services – 05/16/13

HERPES SIMPLEX, PCR, CSF
Change in Transport Temperature

Alternative Names:	HSV PCR	
KRMS Procedure Code:	8649694	
Health Connect Order Code:	HERPES SIMPLEX, PCR, CSF [87529C]	
Collection Label Code:	HSVSF  (refrigerated acceptable)	
Minimum Test Volume:	0.5 ML (1 mL preferred)	
Collection Instructions:	•Collect in sterile CSF collection tube (SF10)	
	•Send to local laboratory on cold packs	
	immediately after collection.	
Processing Instructions:	•Transport to Regional Reference	
	Laboratories on day of collection.	
Transport Temperature:	Refrigerated or Frozen	
Department:	Immunology	
Testing Schedule:	Daily	

HSV Infection may cause a wide variety of clinical entities including encephalitis, for which timely diagnosis and treatment is critical. Differentiation from other causes of CNS disease is important for appropriate therapy.

Questions?

•	Client Service Center, 1-888-4LABNFO, or tie line 397-7077 
•	Immunology Department, 818-503-6845, tie line 397 
•	Rhonda Finney, Assistant Manager , Immunology, 818-503-6819, tie line 397 
•	LaRonda S. Frazier, Director, Microbiology Services, 818-503-6646, tie line 397 
•	Beth M. Marlowe, Ph.D. Assistant Director of Microbiology, 818-503-7067, tie line 397 
•	Susan M. Novak-Weekley, Ph.D., Director of Microbiology, 818-503-6884, tie line 397 

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