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GASTROINTESTINAL PANEL, 5 CHALLENGE - GIP5
GIP5
Analytes/procedures in bold type are regulated for proficiency testing by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Analyte Challenges per Shipment Number of Shipments


Adenovirus 5 Three shipments per year
Astrovirus 5
Campylobacter 5
Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile, toxin A/B 5
Cryptosporidium 5
Cyclospora cayetanensis 5
Entamoeba histolytica 5
Enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC) 5
Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) 5
Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) LT/ST 5
Escherichia coli O157
5
Giardia duodenalis (lamblia) 5
Norovirus GI/GII
5
Plesiomonas shigelloides 5
Rotavirus A
5
Salmonella 5
Sapovirus
5
Shiga-like toxin producing
E. coli (STEC)stx1/stx2
5
Shigella/ Enteroinvasive
E. coli (EIEC)
5
Shigella
5
Vibrio cholerae/Vibrio group
5
Yersinia enterocolitica 5

GIP5 analytes will meet CMS requirements for bacteriology, parasitology, and virology identification. For programs that include more than one subspecialty of microbiology, per CLIA, your laboratory is required to test five specimens, three times a year, for each subspecialty your laboratory performs.

Program Information

  • Five 1.0‑mL simulated stool specimens
  • Designed for molecular multiplex panel users
  • Not available to customers outside the US due to US export law restrictions

Shipping Schedule

  • Shipment A: March 23
  • Shipment B: July 27
  • Shipment C: December 7