OVA AND PARASITE EXAM
Name: OVA AND PARASITE EXAM
Mnemonic: OP
Container: STOOL
Handling: Specimen: Unpreserved stool
Preserved stool in O&P kit vials (10% formalin and zinc PVA) Stability: Unpreserved stool: Ambient 1 hour
Preserved stool (O&P): Ambient 72 hours
Component: PARASITE DIRECT SMEAR
PARASITE CONCENTRATED SMEAR
PARASITE PERMANENT SMEAR
Methodology: Standard Formalin concentration/Trichrome stain
Reported: Once a day Mon-Fri
CPT: 872,078,717,787,209
Department: Microbiology