GIARDIA ANTIGEN, EIA
Name: GIARDIA ANTIGEN, EIA
Mnemonic: GIA
Container: Sterile Container
Handling: Specimen: Unpreserved stool in clean container; Carey-blair transport vial; O&P formalin vial; Rectal swab Unacceptable conditions: Leaking containers, overfilled formalin vial, unpreserved stools not refrigerated within 1 hour; stool preserved in PVA. Stability: Unpreserved: Ambient: 1 hour
Refrigerated: 48 hours
Preserved Carey-blair: Ambient: 1 hour
Refrigerated: 1 hour
Frozen: 1 week
O&P formalin: Ambient: 2 months
Refrigerated: 2 months Set up Mon-Fri
Methodology: EIA
Reported: Once a day Mon-Fri
CPT: 87329
Department: Microbiology