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BAGUIO GENERAL HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER
Baguio City
DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY Form No: MS - PAT - MBL - 002
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY Revision No: Φ
RESULT FORM Effectivity Date: Φ
Laboratory Test Performed: SARS-CoV2 Viral RNA Testing by Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Detection
REMARKS:
INTERPRETATION OF FINAL RESULT
SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA detected Positive for SARS-CoV-2
SARS-CoV-2 viral not RNA detected Negative for SARS-CoV-2
Negative for test internal control (most likely due to poor
Invalid due to specimen quality
specimen quality)
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 dependent 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.
Encoded by:
JO P. AGONOY
MAY ANN R. MARZAN, RMT DIXI DAWN F. APIGO, RMT AMERLITO A. NUESCA, MD, DPSP
PRC LIC #0101318 PRC LIC #0078003 PRC LIC #0123847
Medical Technologist Medical Technologist Pathologist
Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center is certified by the Department of Health as a Subnational Laboratory that can perform independent testing for COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) by Real-
Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) dated March 27, 2020..
DOH License No: 14-0132-2023-H-CL-1; valid until December 31, 2023