Sexually Transmitted Infections Panel
DNA extraction and real-time polymerase chain reaction
within 48 hours
Chlamydia trachomatis, Gardnerella vaginalis, HSV1, HSV2, Mycoplasma hominis, Mycoplasma genitalium, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Internal Control, Treponema pallidum, Trichomonas vaginalis, Urealyticum, Haemophilus ducreyi
Urine
0.5 mL
Urine cup
The patient should not have urinated for at least one hour prior to collection. Direct patient to provide a first-catch urine (approximately 20 to 30mL of the initial urine stream). Patients should not cleanse genital area prior to providing specimen. Add the specimen to urine collection tube if available.
72 hours
Room temperature or refrigerated.
Patient should not have urinated with at least one hour of specimen collection.
P029, P028, P030