Nasopharyngeal swab collected in 3 mL VTM/UTM, M4 media, M4RT or equivalent.

1 swab refrigerated (Min: 0.5 mL).

* Collection Instructions *

• Swab must be sterile Dacron, nylon or rayon with plastic shafts.
• Place swab in sterile viral tranport media containing protein stabilizer, antibiotics to inhibit bacterial fungal growth and buffer solutions.

Ambient: Unacceptable

Refrigerated: 7 days

Frozen: Not established

Sources other than nasopharyngeal