Tick (and Other Arthropods) ID QARTID
| Method(s) | Microscopic and Macroscopic Examination |
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| Synonym | Tick Identification, Parasite Identification, External, Arthropod Identification |
| Specimen Required | |
| Collect | Tick, insect or larva, etc. Also acceptable: 10% formalin preserved tick, insect, larva, etc. collected in a plastic sterile leak-proof container. |
| Transport | 70% alcohol preserved tick, insect larva, etc. collected in a plastic sterile leak-proof container ambient. * Collection Instructions *
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| Stability | Ambient: Dependent on organism integrity Refrigerated: Dependent on organism integrity Frozen: Unacceptable |
| Schedule | Mon-Fri; Report available: 3 days |
| CPTCode | 87168 |
| Notes | Performing Laboratory-Quest Diagnostics-Pittsburgh Lab |
| Preferred Specimen Collection Device(s) | |
