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Test Code LAB1901 Gastrointestinal Panel, NAD

Useful For

The rapid detection of enteric pathogens from patient stool samples

Methodology

Qualitative multiplexed nucleic acid detection and identification

Profile Information

The following pathogens can be identified using the FilmArray GI Panel:

 

Bacteria Viruses

Diarrheagenic

E. coli/Shigella

 Parasites
Campylobacter (C. jejuni/C. coli/ C. upsaliensis) Adenovirus F 40/41 Enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC) Cryptosporidium

Yersinia enterocolitica

 Astrovirus Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) Cyclospora cayetanensis
Plesiomonas shigelloides Norovirus GI/GII

Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) lt/st

 Entamoeba histolytica
Salmonella Rotavirus A

Shiga-like toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) stx1/stx2

 Giardia lamblia
Vibrio (V. parahaemolyticus/V. vulnificus/ V. cholerae)

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

 

 E. coli O157  

 

  

Shigella/Enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC)

  

Performing Laboratory

Bozeman Health Laboratory Services

Specimen Requirements

Specimen Type: Preserved stool (in enteric transport medium, preferred)

Container/Tube: (Cary Blair Medium) Orange top vial containing 5 ml of transport medium

Specimen Volume: 5 mL

Collection Instructions:

  1. Collect liquid or loose stool.
  2. Place enough stool in the transport media to reach the "FILL LINE" indicated on the Cary Blair vial.  Stool must be placed in Cary Blair Medium within 2 hours of collection. Do not overfill the transport or dump transport media out.
  3. Carefully break up the specimen and swirl the contents until thoroughly mixed using the spork attached to the cap.
  4. Label vial with patient’s name (first and last), date and actual time of collection.

 

Specimen Type: Unpreserved stool

Container/Tube: CLEAN VIAL (White top vial with no added preservatives)

Acceptable: Sterile container

Specimen Volume: 5 mL

Specimen Minimum Volume: 1 mL

Collection Instructions:

  1. Collect liquid or loose stool
  2. Transfer stool to container
  3. Label container with patient’s name (first and last), date and actual time of collection

Specimen Rejection:

1. Stool not preserved within 2 hours of collection

2. Stool collected in a diaper

3. Stool samples that have been frozen

Specimen Transport Temperature

Ambient/Refrigerated

Specimen Stability

Specimen Type Temperature Time
Stool in Cary Blair Ambient 4 days
  Refrigerated 4 days
Unpreserved Stool Ambient 2 hours
  Refrigerated 2 hours

 

Reference Values

Negative (reported as detected or not detected)

Additional Information

  • This test is only indicated for diarrheal stool samples, and for patients who are symptomatic.

Day(s) Test Set Up

Monday thru Sunday

 

Turn around Time:  2 hours from receipt of specimen in testing lab.

Test Classification and CPT Coding

87507 -GI Panel