- Test Method
- (HSV) (IgG 2) Type Specific
- Specimen Required
- Blood (Gel Tube), Blood (Whole), Plasma, Serum
- Spec Type Min
- 300ul
- When Tested
- 2x Weekly
- Reference Ranges
- IgG & IgM
cutoff control value = 0.100
equiv = 0.1-0.2
low pos = 0.2-0.399
pos ³ 0.400
Batch specific
Type 1 & type 2
cutoff control mean = cutoff value
neg
pos > cutoff value
equiv +/- 10% of cutoff value
- Units of Measurement
- Optical density
- Contact
- 9342 9647 / 9342 9648
- Test Method
- (HSV) (IgG, IgM)
- Specimen Required
- Blood (EDTA), Blood (Gel Tube), Blood (Lithium Heparin), Blood (Sodium Citrate), Blood (Whole), Plasma, Plasma (EDTA), Plasma (Lithium Heparin), Plasma (Sodium Citrate), Serum, Cereberospinal Fluid
- Spec Type Min
- 300ul
- When Tested
- 2 x Weekly
- Units of Measurement
- RLU
- Contact
- 9342 9647 / 9342 9648
- Test Method
- Antibody / Antigen
- Specimen Required
- Blood (ACD), Blood (EDTA), Blood (Gel Tube), Blood (Lithium Heparin), Blood (Sodium Citrate), Blood (Whole), Plasma, Plasma (ACD), Plasma (EDTA), Plasma (Lithium Heparin), Plasma (Sodium Citrate), Serum, Cereberospinal Fluid
- When Tested
- On Request
- Reference Ranges
- Positive HIV-1 = Any 2 bands of the 4 HIV-1 test lines with at least 1 ENV gp160 (band 4) or gp41 (band 6), Negative = no band, Indeterminate = 1 ENV (band 4 or 6), 1 GAG (band 5), 1 POL (band 3) or 1 GAG and 1 POL (bands 5 and 3). Positive HIV-2 = 2 HIV-2 bands gp36 and gp140 (band 1 and 2), Negative = no band, Indeterminate = 1 ENV gp36 (band 1) or gp140 (band 2), gp36 (band 1) alone or gp140 (band 2) alone.
- Contact
- 9342 9647 / 9342 9648
- Test Method
- Conventional PCR, sequencing and analysis
- Specimen Required
- Blood (ACD), Blood (EDTA), Blood (Whole)
- Spec Type Min
- 2mL of whole blood (ACD/EDTA) or 200uL buffy coat
- When Tested
- On Request
- Turnaround Time
- 2-4 Weeks
- Cut Off Lower
- Ct <36
- Billing Advice
- Non Rebateable
- Contact
- 9342 9625
- Test Method
- Conventional PCR , sequencing and analysis
- Specimen Required
- Plasma (ACD), Plasma (EDTA)
- Spec Type Min
- 2ml of whole blood or 500ul of plasma
- When Tested
- On request
- Turnaround Time
- 2-4 weeks
- Reference Ranges
- >500 copies/ml
- Cut Off Lower
- Sensitivity of assay is approximately 500 RNA copies/ml
- Billing Advice
- Non-rebatable
- Contact
- 9342 9625
- Test Method
- Real-time PCR (Taqman)
- Specimen Required
- Blood (ACD), Blood (EDTA), Blood (Whole)
- Spec Type Min
- 2ml of whole blood (ACD/EDTA) or 200ul of buffy coat
- When Tested
- On request
- Turnaround Time
- 10 days
- Reference Ranges
- validation in progress for limitations
- Units of Measurement
- Cycle threshold (Ct)
- Billing Advice
- Non-rebatable
- Contact
- 9342 9625
- Test Method
- Real-time TaqMan PCR
- Specimen Required
- Aspirate, Biopsy, Blood (ACD), Blood (EDTA), Blood (Gel Tube), Blood (Whole), Bone Marrow, Bowel Contents, Brushings, Cerebrospinal Fluid, Culture Isolate, Faeces, Fluid, Lavage, Milk, Non-human specimen, Nucleic Acid Extract, Other, Paraffin embedded tissue, Plasma, Plasma (ACD), Plasma (EDTA), Saliva, Scraping, Semen, Serum, Sputum, Swab, Tissue, Urine, Virus Isolate, Washings
- Spec Type Min
- 200uL
- When Tested
- On request
- Turnaround Time
- same day / next day
- Reference Ranges
- 3-45 Ct
- Units of Measurement
- Ct
- Billing Advice
- Non-rebatable
- Contact
- 9342 9628
- Test Method
- Real-time TaqMan PCR
- Specimen Required
- Aspirate, Biopsy, Blood (ACD), Blood (EDTA), Blood (Gel Tube), Blood (Whole), Bone Marrow, Bowel Contents, Brushings, Cerebrospinal Fluid, Culture Isolate, Faeces, Fluid, Lavage, Milk, Non-human specimen, Nucleic Acid Extract, Other, Paraffin embedded tissue, Plasma, Plasma (ACD), Plasma (EDTA), Saliva, Scraping, Semen, Serum, Sputum, Swab, Tissue, Urine, Virus Isolate, Washings
- Spec Type Min
- 200uL
- When Tested
- On request
- Turnaround Time
- same day / next day
- Reference Ranges
- 3-45 Ct
- Units of Measurement
- DNA Copies/mL
- Billing Advice
- Non-rebatable
- Contact
- 9342 9628
- Test Method
- IgG IFA, IgM IFA
- Specimen Required
- Blood (ACD), Blood (EDTA), Blood (Gel Tube), Blood (Lithium Heparin), Blood (Sodium Citrate), Blood (Whole), Plasma, Plasma (ACD), Plasma (EDTA), Plasma (Lithium Heparin), Plasma (Sodium Citrate), Serum
- When Tested
- Weekly
- Reference Ranges
- IgG
titre >20 pos,
titre <20 neg,
titre 20 equiv;
IgM
titre <10 not detected,
titre >10 detected
- Units of Measurement
- TITRE
- Contact
- 9342 9647 / 9342 9648
- Test Method
- Real-time TaqMan PCR
- Specimen Required
- Aspirate, Biopsy, Blood (ACD), Blood (EDTA), Blood (Gel Tube), Blood (Sodium Citrate), Blood (Whole), Bone Marrow, Bowel Contents, Brushings, Cerebrospinal Fluid, Culture Isolate, Faeces, Fluid, Lavage, Milk, Nucleic Acid Extract, Paraffin embedded tissue, Plasma, Plasma (ACD), Plasma (EDTA), Saliva, Scraping, Semen, Serum, Sputum, Swab, Tissue, Urine, Virus Isolate, Washings
- Spec Type Min
- 200uL
- When Tested
- On request
- Turnaround Time
- same day / next day
- Reference Ranges
- 3-45 Ct
- Units of Measurement
- Ct
- Billing Advice
- Non-rebatable
- Contact
- 9342 9628
- Test Method
- Real-time TaqMan PCR
- Specimen Required
- Aspirate, Biopsy, Blood (ACD), Blood (EDTA), Blood (Gel Tube), Blood (Whole), Bone Marrow, Bowel Contents, Brushings, Cerebrospinal Fluid, Culture Isolate, Faeces, Fluid, Lavage, Milk, Non-human specimen, Nucleic Acid Extract, Other, Paraffin embedded tissue, Plasma, Plasma (ACD), Plasma (EDTA), Saliva, Scraping, Semen, Serum, Sputum, Swab, Tissue, Urine, Virus Isolate, Washings
- Spec Type Min
- 200uL
- When Tested
- On request
- Turnaround Time
- same day / next day
- Reference Ranges
- 3-45 Ct
- Units of Measurement
- Ct
- Billing Advice
- Non-rebatable
- Contact
- 9342 9628
- Test Method
- Conventional PCR, sequencing and analysis
- Specimen Required
- Blood (ACD), Blood (EDTA), Blood (Gel Tube), Blood (Whole), Plasma, Plasma (ACD), Plasma (EDTA), Serum
- Spec Type Min
- 2ml of whole blood (ACD/EDTA) or 200ul of buffy coat
- When Tested
- On request
- Turnaround Time
- 2-4 weeks
- Reference Ranges
- not detected (virus load)
- Billing Advice
- ViiV healthcare
- Contact
- 9342 9625
- Test Method
- Real-time Taqman based PCR
- Specimen Required
- Plasma (ACD), Plasma (EDTA)
- Spec Type Min
- 500ul of plasma or 2ml of whole blood
- When Tested
- On request
- Turnaround Time
- 5 days
- Reference Ranges
- detectable from 500 copies/ml
- Cut Off Lower
- Target <500 copies/ml can be detected but not quantified
- Units of Measurement
- HIV-2 RNA copies/ml
- Billing Advice
- Medicare rebatable
- Contact
- 9342 9625
- Test Method
- Conventional PCR, sequencing and analysis
- Specimen Required
- Blood (ACD), Blood (EDTA), Blood (Gel Tube), Blood (Whole), Buffy Coat, Cerebrospinal Fluid, Plasma, Plasma (ACD), Plasma (EDTA), Serum
- Spec Type Min
- 500ul of plasma, serum or CSF (RNA tropism)
- When Tested
- Weekly
- Turnaround Time
- 2-4 weeks
- Reference Ranges
- >500 copies/ml
- Cut Off Lower
- Sensitivity of assay is approximately 500 RNA copies/ml
- Billing Advice
- ViiV healthcare
- Contact
- 9342 9625
- Test Method
- Real-time PCR (Taqman)
- Specimen Required
- Blood (ACD), Blood (EDTA), Blood (Whole), Buffy Coat
- Spec Type Min
- 2ml of whole blood (ACD/EDTA) or 200ul of buffy coat
- When Tested
- On request
- Turnaround Time
- 5 days
- Reference Ranges
- validation in progress for limitations
- Units of Measurement
- Cycle threshold (Ct)
- Billing Advice
- Non-rebatable
- Contact
- 9342 9625
- Test Method
- Conventional PCR, sequencing and analysis
- Specimen Required
- Blood (ACD), Blood (EDTA), Cerebrospinal Fluid, Plasma, Plasma (ACD), Plasma (EDTA), Serum
- Spec Type Min
- 500ul of plasma or 2ml of whole blood
- When Tested
- On Request
- Turnaround Time
- 2-4 weeks
- Reference Ranges
- >500 copies/ml
- Cut Off Lower
- Sensitivity of assay is approximately 500 RNA copies/ml
- Billing Advice
- Medicare rebatable
- Contact
- 9342 9625
- Test Method
- Conventional PCR, sequencing and analysis, Next Gen Sequencing
- Specimen Required
- Cerebrospinal Fluid, Plasma, Plasma (ACD), Plasma (EDTA), Serum
- Spec Type Min
- 2mL Whole Blood, 500uL or Plasma/Serum/CSF
- When Tested
- Weekly
- Turnaround Time
- 2-4 Weeks
- Cut Off Lower
- Sensitivity of Assay = 500 RNA copies/mL
- Billing Advice
- Medciare Rebateable
- Contact
- 9342 9625
- Test Method
- Conventional PCR, sequencing and analysis
- Specimen Required
- Blood (ACD), Blood (EDTA), Cerebrospinal Fluid, Plasma, Plasma (ACD), Plasma (EDTA), Serum
- Spec Type Min
- 2ml of whole blood or 500ul of plasma, serum or CSF
- When Tested
- Weekly
- Turnaround Time
- 2-4 weeks
- Reference Ranges
- >500 copies/ml
- Cut Off Lower
- Sensitivity of assay is approximately 500 RNA copies/ml
- Billing Advice
- Medicare rebatable
- Contact
- 9342 9525
- Test Method
- EIA,EIA neutralisation P24 Ag
- Specimen Required
- Blood (ACD), Blood (EDTA), Blood (Gel Tube), Blood (Lithium Heparin), Blood (Sodium Citrate), Blood (Whole), Plasma, Plasma (ACD), Plasma (EDTA), Plasma (Lithium Heparin), Plasma (Sodium Citrate), Serum, Cereberospinal Fluid
- Spec Type Min
- 500ul
- When Tested
- 2x Weekly
- Reference Ranges
- HIV p24 Ag
cutoff value = neg control mean + 0.070
pos > cutoff value
neg < cutoiff value
equiv +/- 10% cutoff value
HIV p24 Ag (neutralisation)
neutralised; neg <50% inhibition
pos > 50% inhibition
- Units of Measurement
- optical density, S/CO
- Contact
- 9342 9647 / 9342 9648
- Test Method
- Abbott Real-Time HIV-1 assay
- Specimen Required
- Blood (ACD), Blood (EDTA), Blood (Gel Tube), Blood (Whole), Cerebrospinal Fluid, Plasma, Plasma (ACD), Plasma (EDTA), Serum
- Spec Type Min
- 350ul plasma, CSF & Serum.
- When Tested
- 1x Weekly
- Turnaround Time
- 6 Days
- Reference Ranges
- 150-10,000000 copies/ml
- Cut Off Lower
- Target <150 RNA copies/ml can be detected but is not quantified.
- Units of Measurement
- HIV-1 RNA copies/ml
- Billing Advice
- Medicare rebatable
- Contact
- 9342 9625
- Test Method
- Roche COBAS 6800
- Specimen Required
- Blood (ACD), Blood (EDTA), Blood (Gel Tube), Blood (Whole), Cerebrospinal Fluid, Plasma, Plasma (ACD), Plasma (EDTA), Serum
- Spec Type Min
- 1000ul plasma, CSF & Serum.
- When Tested
- Daily
- Turnaround Time
- 4 days
- Reference Ranges
- 20-10,000000 copies/ml
- Cut Off Lower
- Target <20 RNA copies/ml can be detected by is not quantified
- Units of Measurement
- HIV-1 RNA copies/ml
- Billing Advice
- Medicare rebatable
- Contact
- 9342 9625
- Test Method
- Western Blot IgG
- Specimen Required
- Blood (ACD), Blood (EDTA), Blood (Gel Tube), Blood (Lithium Heparin), Blood (Sodium Citrate), Blood (Whole), Plasma, Plasma (ACD), Plasma (EDTA), Plasma (Lithium Heparin), Plasma (Sodium Citrate), Serum, Cereberospinal Fluid
- When Tested
- 3x weekly
- Reference Ranges
- neg=no bands or reactivity to p17 only, no other bands, pos= 2 env bands (gp160 and /or gp41 and gp120) and GAG (p17, p24, p55) or POL (p31, p51, p66), Ind= Reactivity to any viral specific band (except p17) but does not meet the positive criteria.
- Contact
- 9342 9647 / 9342 9648
- Test Method
- Antigen/Antibody CLIA
- Specimen Required
- Blood (ACD), Blood (EDTA), Blood (Gel Tube), Blood (Lithium Heparin), Blood (Sodium Citrate), Blood (Whole), Plasma, Plasma (ACD), Plasma (EDTA), Plasma (Lithium Heparin), Plasma (Sodium Citrate), Serum, Cereberospinal Fluid
- Spec Type Min
- 500ul
- When Tested
- Daily
- Turnaround Time
- up to 3 days
- Reference Ranges
- CLIA
XL S/co >= 1.0 pos :
neg
pos > cutoff
.
- Units of Measurement
- S/CO
- Contact
- 9342 9647 / 9342 9648
- Test Method
- Antigen/Antibody EIA / Manual
- Specimen Required
- Serum, CSF, Cadaver, Plasma, EDTA , Citrate
- Spec Type Min
- 500ul
- When Tested
- 3 x Weekly
- Turnaround Time
- up to 3 days
- Reference Ranges
- EIA : > cutoff = pos, equiv + or - 10% of cutoff, cutoff = neg
- Units of Measurement
- OD
- Contact
- 9342 9647 / 9342 9648
- Test Method
- Real-time TaqMan PCR
- Specimen Required
- Aspirate, Biopsy, Blood (ACD), Blood (EDTA), Blood (Gel Tube), Blood (Whole), Bone Marrow, Bowel Contents, Brushings, Cerebrospinal Fluid, Culture Isolate, Faeces, Fluid, Lavage, Milk, Non-human specimen, Nucleic Acid Extract, Other, Paraffin embedded tissue, Plasma, Plasma (ACD), Plasma (EDTA), Saliva, Scraping, Semen, Serum, Sputum, Swab, Tissue, Urine, Virus Isolate, Washings
- Spec Type Min
- 200uL
- When Tested
- On Request
- Reference Ranges
- 3-45 Ct
- Contact
- 9342 9628