- Test Method
- EIA
- 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
- Spec Type Min
- 300ul
- When Tested
- Daily
- Normal Ranges
- Not Applicable
- Reference Ranges
- "Murex EIA (screening test)
cutoff formula;
neg control + 0.6
index formula; S/cutoff
index <0.9 = neg
index ³1.1 = pos
index 0.9-1.0 = equiv
Biorad EIA (supplemental test)
cutoff = pos control mean/5
neg
pos >cutoff value
equiv +/- 10% cutoff value"
- Units of Measurement
- Optical density
- Related Tests
- Hepatitis C Virus Genotyping (HCVGEN1)
- Contact
- 9342 9647 / 9342 9648
- Test Method
- ECLIA
- Specimen Required
- Serum, Cadaver, Plasma
- Spec Type Min
- 300ul
- When Tested
- 3 x Weekly
- Reference Ranges
- Reactive >= 1,Equiv 0.9-0.99, Non-Reactive < 0.9
- Units of Measurement
- COI
- Contact
- 9342 9647 / 9342 9648
- Test Method
- In-house quantitative RT-PCR; positive sample quantified by real-time PCR
- Specimen Required
- Blood (ACD), Blood (EDTA), Blood (Gel Tube), Blood (Whole), Plasma, Plasma (ACD), Plasma (EDTA), Serum
- Spec Type Min
- 500 uL
- When Tested
- Weekly
- Turnaround Time
- 2 Weeks
- Reference Ranges
- 10 – 100,000,000 IU/ml
- Cut Off Lower
- 10 IU/mL
- Units of Measurement
- IU/mL
- Contact
- 9342 9615
- Test Method
- Antibody CLIA
- 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
- Spec Type Min
- 300ul
- When Tested
- Daily
- Reference Ranges
- Cut off = (0.5 x mean NC) + (0.5 x mean PC); =cut off = Reactive; > cut off = Non-Reavtive
- Units of Measurement
- Optical density
- Contact
- 9342 9647 / 9342 9648
- Test Method
- Conventional PCR; Capillary Sequencing
- Specimen Required
- Blood (ACD), Blood (EDTA), Blood (Gel Tube), Blood (Sodium Citrate), Blood (Whole), Plasma, Serum
- Spec Type Min
- 500uL
- When Tested
- As requested
- Turnaround Time
- Three Weeks
- Normal Ranges
- Not Applicable
- Reference Ranges
- N/A
- Cut Off Lower
- 1000 IU/ml
- Units of Measurement
- N/A
- Contact
- 9342 9615
- Test Method
- Commercial assay (Altona)
- Specimen Required
- Blood (ACD), Blood (EDTA), Blood (Gel Tube), Blood (Whole), Plasma, Serum
- Spec Type Min
- 500 uL
- When Tested
- On request
- Turnaround Time
- N/A
- Normal Ranges
- Not Applicable
- Reference Ranges
- LLOQ 200 IU/mL
- Cut Off Lower
- 200 IU/ml
- Units of Measurement
- IU/ml
- Related Tests
- Hepatitis E Virus Genotyping
- Contact
- 9342 9615
- Test Method
- IgG EIA
- 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
- Spec Type Min
- 100ul
- When Tested
- Weekly
- Reference Ranges
- cutoff value = 0.5 + neg control mean
neg
pos >cutoff value
equiv +/- 10% of cutoff value
- Units of Measurement
- S/CO,
- Contact
- 9342 9647 / 9342 9648
- Test Method
- HSV PCR screen followed by Virus isolation & drug susceptibility
- 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
- >7 days
- Reference Ranges
- n/a
- Related Tests
- HSV drug resistance genotype
- Billing Advice
- Non-rebatable
- Contact
- 9342 9628
- Test Method
- Conventional 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
- 7 Days
- Reference Ranges
- n/a
- 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
- Reference Ranges
- 3-45 Ct
- Contact
- 9342 9628
- Test Method
- (HSV) (IgG 1) 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 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
