Updated Test
Effective Date
07/01/2022
Included in Report
Updated Test
Updated Test
Notes
QSJC 19897- updates to specimen requirements, reject criteria, accetable specimens, stability , set up days
Specimen Information
Patient Preparation
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| Do not eat, drink, smoke, take oral medications, or use oral hygiene products for at least 60 minutes prior to collection and 10 minutes before beginning the collection process, rinse the mouth with water to avoid contamination. |
Collect
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| Salivette® Cortisol with blue screw cap |
Specimen Preparation
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| Send 0.5 mL saliva collected in Salivette® Cortisol with blue screw cap | |
| Collection Instructions: | |
| 1- Remove the swab from the Salivette® | |
| 2- Place the swab in the mouth, e.g. in your cheek, where it should remain for 2 min | |
| without chewing. If an extremely small amount of saliva is produced, leave the swab in | |
| the mouth for longer. | |
| 3- Return the swab with the absorbed saliva to the Salivette®. | |
| 4- Replace the stopper. | |
| 5- Refrigerate the Salivette® immediately. | |
Alternate Specimen
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| Super SAL™ | |
| Super SAL2™ |
Rejection Criteria
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| Hemolysis, white top Salivette® collection device |
Stability
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| Room temperature: 7 days | |
| Refrigerated: 21 days | |
| Frozen: 180 days |
Days Performed
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| Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday |