Chlamydia/Gonorrhea (CT/GC)
CT/GC, CT/NG, CT, GC, CT GC
- Tech Only CPT 87491, 87591
- Tech Pro CPT
- PowerPath Code ThinPrep: CT, GC; Aptima: VP Aptima 3
- Schedule Monday - Friday
- Turn Around Time Within 3-4 days of receipt
- Disease State Urogenital Infection
- Methodology Transcription-Mediated Nucleic Acid Amplification
Organs
Specimen Requirements
ThinPrep vial: vaginal, cervical (1ml; collected in PreservCyt)
Aptima Unisex Swab Collection tube white: urethral, endocervical
Aptima Multitest Direct Load tube orange: vaginal, cervical, anal
Aptima Urine Specimen Collection tube yellow: male/female urine (2 ml)
Clinical Significance
Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC) infections are two of the most common sexually transmitted infections worldwide.
Tests for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae from a ThinPrep pap test split.
Required Patient Info
2 patient identifiers
Storage and Transportation
15°C - 30°C
Cause for Rejection
Improper collection medium (i.e., anal specimen collected in a ThinPrep vial), improper or inadequate patient identification, frozen specimens. Fresh collected urine needs to be transferred to Aptima collection tube within 24 hours.
Retention
4 weeks from processing
Comments
Can be paired with Trichomonas testing