viral load

[agatha56]

How long does it normally take for a viral load test to come back from lab? I go to labcorp. I am planning to have it done on Friday and made my appt. for next Wednesday. Is that long enough to get results? Thanks in advance. Hope everyone is doing great.  

[copyman]

my experience with Labcorp is if you are detectable it takes around 10 days. If undetectable around 3-4 days.

[charm27]

I get my PCR done in the hospital here. Its also a Taqman PCR. So far I have gotten all of them back within 6 days. When the doctor gets to it is another story.

All in all you should have it within a week.
GOOD LUCK
Charm

[justme53]

I live in a little one horse town, drive an hour north to my clinic for the blood draw and they are mailed to the Mayo Clinic labs in Rochester, MN. They run a Taqman PCR. It usually takes a couple of days because of the batching as Bill mentioned, but my last one drawn Mar. 23 I had back the next day. I must have timed tyhe batching right on that one!

Good luck in a quick turn around. The waiting seems endless!

Pam

[Bill1954]

It often depends on when they batch the tests; with Quest, it can take from seven to 10 days to receive results; Labcorp might be different, but I imagine similar. NAT tests aren't typically done locally; they have to be sent out to special labs. Why not call and ask?

Bill