PRE, KIMBERLY y VILLAMAR
PRE, KIMBERLY y VILLAMAR
PRE, KIMBERLY y VILLAMAR
Department of Health
SOUTHERN ISABELA MEDICAL CENTER
MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC & RESEARCH LABORATORY (MDRL)
COMMENTS/REMARKS:
Please correlate this laboratory result with all the available clinical and epidemiological information. A
repeat or supplementary specimen should be collected and tested if there is high index of suspicion
for COVID-19 viral infection.
Significance: This test utilizes specimen (ie. Nasopharyngeal/oropharyngeal swab) collected from
patients for the qualitative detection of SARS-CoV-2 Viral RNA.
Limitations: Viral RNA detection is depended on the viral load extracted from the specimen and
patient's disease course. Pre-analytic variables such as but not limited to the collection, quality, and
transport of the specimen may also affect the results.
The performance characteristics of this test have been validated and is continuously being monitored
by the Department of Pathology as part of its quality assurance procedures.
NOTE:
CARLO JUSTIN RAMIREZ, RMT DIANNE C. BALLAO, RMT LEONIDO A. MANALO,JR.,MD, DPSP
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