Babesia PCR – Urine
Test Details
Lab Company: IGeneX
Sample Type: Urine
Collection Location: At Home
The Babesia PCR test detects Babesia infection through a urine sample.
🔑 Key Details | 📦 Shipping |
⏰ Preparation & Timing | 📊 Results |
🧪 Collection Instructions | 📚 More Resources |
💳 Requisition & Payment |
💬 Questions? |
Key Details
- DO NOT collect while menstruating.
- You must collect your first morning urination.
- Keep samples in the refrigerator until they are shipped.
- Ship using FedEx as soon as possible after collection.
Preparation & Timing
- DO NOT collect while menstruating.
- You must collect your first morning urination.
Collection Instructions
- Wash your hands with soap and warm water.
- Dry your hands with a clean paper towel or allow them to air dry.
- Take the urine collection cup out of the test kit.
- DO NOT touch the inside of the cup.
- Open the towelette and wipe yourself.
- If you are female, separate your labia with your fingers and clean inside with the towelette, moving from front to back.
- If you are male, wipe the end of your penis with the towelette.
- Allow a small amount of urine to enter the toilet to eliminate any contaminants.
- Collect your mid-stream urination in the collection cup until it is filled.
- Pass any remaining urine into the toilet.
- Open one of the gray-top tubes.
- Use the provided pipette to transfer urine from the collection cup to the gray-top tube.
- Fill the tube past the minimum fill line (indicated on the label).
- Place the pipette back into the urine collection cup.
- Cap the tube tightly.
- Gently invert the tube 8-10 times to mix the preservative with the specimen.
- Repeat steps 8-13 for the second tube.
- Write the following information on two of the white tube labels.
- Full name
- Date of birth
- Date of collection
- Place the labels on the 2 gray-top tubes.
- Discard any remaining urine.
- Place the 2 gray-top tubes into the white tube holder.
- Place the tube holder into the biohazard ziplock bag and seal.
- Place the ziplock bag into the bubble pouch.
- Place the bubble pouch into the specimen kit box.
- Place the specimen kit box into the refrigerator.
Requisition & Payment
- Your kit has been prepaid. You DO NOT need to pay anything extra.
- Instructions on how to fill out your requisition can be found HERE.
- Since you pre-paid for your tests, you do not need to fill in the payment information on any of these forms.
Shipping
- To prepare your samples for shipping,
- Place the 2 gray-top tubes into the white tube holder.
- Place the tube holder into the biohazard ziplock bag and seal.
- Place the biohazard bag into the bubble pouch.
- Place the bubble pouch into the specimen kit box.
- Place the completed test requisition form into the specimen kit box.
- Place the specimen kit box into the FedEx Pak.
- Seal the FedEx Pak.
- Make a note of the tracking number so that you can track your samples back to the lab.
- The receipt enclosed with your FedEx pack will contain the tracking number.
- Ship your samples as soon as possible after collection.
- Ship your samples using the provided, prepaid FedEx Pak.
- Take to your nearest FedEx location to ship. Visit www.fedex.com to find your nearest location.
- DO NOT place your samples in a FedEx drop box.
Results
- Results should be released to your provider 10 business days after samples are received at the lab. We cannot guarantee processing time.
- Your provider will notify you when your results are in and schedule a follow-up appointment for you to review them together.
- Your provider may choose to release your results to you. Rupa cannot release your results without provider authorization.
More Resources
- Collection Instructions
- Test Information
Questions?
For general questions, email Rupa Health at support@rupahealth.com. For test-specific questions, contact IGeneX by calling 800-832-3200 or emailing customer support at customerservice@igenex.com.