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Test Code PID Insect Identification

Methodology

Empirical Method

Performing Laboratory

Sky Lakes Medical Center-Microbiology

Specimen Requirements

Specimen Type: Tick, lice, etc.

Container/Tube: Clean container

Specimen Volume: Entire collection

Collection Instructions: Do not add anything to container.

Specimen Transport Temperature

Ambient

Reference Values

Laboratory provides only a presumptive identification of different species of insects or arachnids.

 

Laboratory does not definitively identify deer ticks, does not identify ticks as male or female, nor does it test a tick for Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease). Any questions regarding testing of ticks for Lyme disease should be directed to the Oregon Department of Human Services at 971-673-1111.

Day(s) Test Set Up

Monday through Sunday

Test Classification and CPT Coding

87168