Respiratory Panel
- Useful for:
The Respiratory Panel is a frontline test designed to help clinicians quickly diagnose upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs), including COVID-19, influenza, RSV, and many others. Using multiplex PCR technology, it identifies 22 pathogen targets, providing rapid, accurate, and comprehensive results to support timely diagnosis and treatment decisions.
- Method Name: Filmarray PCR
- Other Common Names: N/A
- Medicover Laboratories Code Name: 8051
- Fasting or other requirements: N/A
- Specimen Type: Nasopharyngeal swab in transport media or saline
- Specimen Required Supplies: Tube with viral transport media
- Specimen Volume: 2 ml
- Specimen retention time: 7 days
- Report Available: 1-2 working days
- Other Information:
VIRUSES: Adenovirus, Coronavirus 229E, Coronavirus HKU1, Coronavirus NL63, Coronavirus OC43, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), Human Metapneumovirus, Human Rhinovirus/ Enterovirus, Influenza A virus, Influenza A virus A/H1, Influenza A virus A/H3, Influenza A virus A/H1-2009, Influenza B virus, Parainfluenza virus 1, Parainfluenza virus 2, Parainfluenza virus 3, Parainfluenza virus 4, Respiratory syncytial virus
BACTERIA: Bordetella parapertussis, Bordetella pertussis, Chlamydia pneumoniae, Mycoplasma pneumoniae.
