Test Name

Trichomonas Assay

CPT Code(s)

87481, 87661

Specimen Type

Urine

Specimen Acceptability

3 Days Room Temperature

Special Instructions

  • Direct patient to provide first-catch urine (approximately 20 to 30 ml of initial urine stream) into urine collection cup free of any preservatives. Collection of larger volumes of urine may result in specimen dilution that may reduce test sensitivity. Female patients should not cleanse labial area prior to providing specimen.
  • Remove cap from urine specimen transport tube and transfer 2 ml of urine into urine specimen transport tube using disposable pipette provided. The correct volume of urine has been added when fluid level is between black fill lines on urine specimen transport tube label.
  • Re-cap urine specimen transport tube tightly. This is now known as the “processed urine specimen.”

Volume

2 mL

Sample Container

Aptima Urine Tube

Specimen Type

Vaginal Swab

Specimen Acceptability

3 Days Room Temperature

Special Instructions

Vaginal Swab Specimen Collection by a Healthcare Provider and Specimen Handling

Instructions for vaginal swab specimen collection:

  • Partially peel open the swab package. Remove the swab. Do not touch the soft tip or lay the swab down. If the soft tip is touched, the swab is laid down, or the swab is dropped, use a new Aptima Multitest Swab Specimen Collection Kit.
  • Hold the swab, placing your thumb and forefinger in the middle of the swab shaft covering the score line. Do not hold the swab shaft below the score line.
  • Carefully insert the swab into the vagina about 2 inches (5 cm) past the introitus and gently rotate the swab clockwise for 10 to 30 seconds. Make sure the swab touches the walls of the vagina so that moisture is absorbed by the swab and then withdraw the swab without touching the skin.
  • While holding the swab in the same hand, unscrew the cap from the tube. Do not spill the contents of the tube. If the contents of the tube are spilled, use a new Aptima Multitest Swab Specimen Collection Kit.
  • Immediately place the swab into the transport tube so that the score line is at the top of the tube.
  • Carefully break the swab shaft at the score line against the side of the tube.
  • Immediately discard the top portion of the swab shaft.
  • Tightly screw the cap onto the tube

Volume

2 mL

Sample Container

APTIMA Multitest Swab Tube