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Test ID: Mpox PCR - SGH

Test Name:
Mpox PCR - SGH
Test Code:
O MPOX S
Specialised Test:
No - Send Out Test
Turnaround Time:
Test Schedule:
NA
Test Type:
Send Out Test (SGH)
Additional Test Note:

Please contact the SGH Molecular Lab Duty Microbiologist at 6326 6920/1 for approval before sending the sample. Note that samples submitted without prior approval will be rejected.

Sample Requirement:

The recommended specimen type for MPX is skin lesion material (swabs of lesion surface and/or exudate, roofs from more than one lesion, or lesion crusts). More than one lesion from the same body site should be swabbed using one swab stick and lesions at different body sites should be sampled separately if applicable. 

If samples other than skin lesions are considered, such as rectal swab, throat swab and blood, please discuss beforehand with MOH. 

Specimen collection: Use flocked swabs without Universal Transport Medium (UTM) for sample collection. They can be obtained from your respective hospital laboratories. Placed the collected specimen in a biohazard specimen bag and send it to the laboratory. Indicate “Mpox PCR”, your name and contact number in the lab request form.

Packaging and transport conditions: After collection, hospital laboratories will triple-pack the specimens. Specimens should be stored refrigerated (2-8°C) and transported at 2-8°C (with ice pack)

Fasting Requirement:
None
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Last Update:
26/09/2024
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