Test Details
Mnemonic
LEGRP
Ordering Code
3800381
CPT-4 Code(s)
87801
Specimen Information
Collect
Lower Respiratory specimen: Bronchoalveolar Lavage (BAL)
Specimen Preparation
Send 1.0 mL BAL in a sterile screw capped plastic container. Specimen source is required.
Alternate Specimen
Lower respiratory: Bronchial aspirate/brushing/lavage/washing, tracheal/endotracheal secretions/aspirate, sputum. Collect in a sterile container.
Fresh tissue or biopsy: Lung, pleura, heart valve, pericardium. Collect in a sterile container.
Fluid: Pericardial, pleural, chest, chest tube drainage, thoracentesis, empyema. Collect in a sterile container.
Fresh tissue or biopsy: Lung, pleura, heart valve, pericardium. Collect in a sterile container.
Fluid: Pericardial, pleural, chest, chest tube drainage, thoracentesis, empyema. Collect in a sterile container.
Minimum Volume
Lower respiratory: 1.0 mL
Fresh tissue or biopsy: Entire collection or 5 mm(3) - approximately the size of a pencil eraser.
Fluid: 1.0 mL
Fresh tissue or biopsy: Entire collection or 5 mm(3) - approximately the size of a pencil eraser.
Fluid: 1.0 mL
Transport Temperature
Refrigerated
Rejection Criteria
Tissue in formalin, formaldehyde, or acetone
Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) block
Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) block
Stability
Room temperature: Unacceptable
Refrigerated: 7 days
Frozen: 7 days
Refrigerated: 7 days
Frozen: 7 days
Methodology
Rapid Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
Reference Range
Not applicable
Performing Laboratory
MAYO
New York DOH Approval Status
Yes