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Drug Susceptibility using HIV Culture
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Varies
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Varies
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Collect: One 7 mL PPT. Also acceptable: lavender (EDTA), or pink (K2EDTA).
Storage/Transport Temperature: 5 mL plasma, frozen. (Min: 1 mL) Submit specimen in an ARUP Standard Transport Tube.
Remarks: CRITICAL FROZEN. Separate specimens must be submitted when multiple tests are ordered. Remove plasma from cells within 10 minutes. Indicate viral load on the test request form. If viral load is less than 500 copies, testing MAY NOT be performed.
Unacceptable Conditions: Serum. Heparinized specimens. Specimens exposed to repeated freeze/thaw cycles.
Stability (collection to initiation of testing): Ambient: Unacceptable; Refrigerated: Unacceptable; Frozen: (-20°C) 2 weeks; (-70°C) Indefinitely
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