Open an account
NPI, facility, medical director, and the report route you want (portal, fax, or the medical record). Patients can also request a test from the menu; we confirm it before collection.
For ordering providers
A specialty menu, not a general catalog.
Clinics send respiratory, COVID-19, urinary, HPV, and targeted sequencing. If the order is a complete blood count or anything else outside this menu, we will say so.
How to send work
Open an account, complete a requisition, ship to Mercury Drive.
Requisition
Paper or electronic. ICD-10, specimen type, collection time, and the test family. NGS cases need tumor percentage when FFPE is sent.
Ship to Mercury
500 Mercury Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94085. Ambient for most iAMP swabs. Frozen plasma for cfDNA. FFPE blocks or scrolls for solid-tumor NGS.
Specimens
What each test family needs in the tube.
| Family | Preferred specimen | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Respiratory / COVID-19 | NP / OP swab | SARS-CoV-2 may be ordered alone or on a respiratory panel |
| UTI | Clean-catch urine, no preservative | Extraction-free molecular workflow |
| Gastrointestinal | Stool | GI panel or norovirus |
| Wound / fungal | Wound, skin, nail, or dry swab | Wound panel or dermatophyte / yeast panel |
| HPV and sexual health | Cervical or vaginal swab; first-void urine | HPV, STI, BV, Candida, GBS, resistance tests |
| Oncology PCR / dPCR | FFPE or extracted DNA / RNA | Tumor estimate requested for FFPE |
| NGS panels | gDNA, FFPE DNA, or cfDNA | Tumor estimate requested for FFPE |
| cfDNA / NIPT / TORCH / PGT-A | Plasma or blood | Frozen plasma for cfDNA and NIPT; no hemolysis |
Turnaround
Shorter when the chemistry is short. Longer when the read is deep.
iAMP and AmpFire methods are built for a sample-to-result time under 60 minutes. Sequencing waits on the library, the instrument, and interpretation. Times below are confirmed when an account opens. Do not treat this page as a contract.
STAT PCR
Same day when received before the published cutoff, iAMP / AmpFire families.
Oncology PCR
Typically 1–3 business days after accession of an acceptable specimen.
NGS panels
Library the day of extract; sequence and interpret on the following clinical days.