Fetal Fibronectin

Specimen Required

Vaginal Swab immersed in buffer solution contained in the Specimen Collection Kit.

Specimen Minimum Volume

One swab in buffer solution.

Specimen Stability Information

Transport specimens at 2° to 25°C, or frozen. Specimens that are not transported to the Laboratory within eight (8) hours of collection must be stored refrigerated at 2° to 8°C and assayed within three (3) days of collection, or frozen and assayed within three(3) months.

Special Instructions

Specimens will be rejected for the following reasons: 1. Specimens collected in or by any sample device other than the Adeza Biomedical Specimen Collection Kit. 2. Specimens received with wooden applicator stick. 3. Specimens with insufficient buffer volume for testing. 4. Specimens received unlabeled or mislabeled. 5. Specimens which were not frozen and received > 3 days after the sampling date. 6. Specimen not tested within 8 hours of collection and not stored refrigerated (2°- 8°C). 7. Frozen specimens older than 3 months from the sampling date. 8. Specimens received at temperatures >25°C. 9. Specimens subjected to more than one freeze-thaw cycle.

Performing Laboratory

As ordered. Turn around time is 4 hours.

Reference Values

Detection of fetal fibronectin in cervicovaginal secretions is associated with preterm delivery in symptomatic pregnant women between 24 weeks and 34 weeks and in asymptomatic pregnant women between 22 weeks and 30 weeks.