Specimen:
Collect
- Body Fluid in Sterile Specimen Container
Also Acceptable:
- Conjuctival Swab in Culturette-Aerobic
- Ocular Fluid in Culturette-Aerobic
- Vesicle Fluid in Culturette-Aerobic
- CSF in Sterile Specimen Container
- Tissue in Sterile Specimen Container
- Conjuctival Swab in eSwab
- Ocular Fluid in eSwab
- Vesicle Fluid in eSwab
Submit
- 2 mL (Min:1 mL) Body Fluid in Sterile Specimen Container. Submit Ambient.
Also Acceptable:
- 2 mL (Min:1 mL) CSF in Sterile Specimen Container. Submit Ambient.
- Tissue in Sterile Specimen Container. Submit Ambient.
- Conjuctival Swab in eSwab. Submit Ambient.
- Ocular Fluid in eSwab. Submit Ambient.
- Vesicle Fluid in eSwab. Submit Ambient.
- Conjuctival Swab in Culturette-Aerobic. Submit Ambient.
- Ocular Fluid in Culturette-Aerobic. Submit Ambient.
- Vesicle Fluid in Culturette-Aerobic. Submit Ambient.
Special Handling
- State Source
- If aspirate is made with a needle and syringe. Specimen may be put into a sterile (urine) container.
Rejection Criteria
- Leaking Container
- Syringe with needle attached.
Organisms submitted in liquid media other than eSwab.
Stability
Ambient: 2 Day(s); Refrigerated: Unacceptable; Frozen: Unacceptable; Incubated: Unacceptable
Methodology
- Culture
Performed
Sun-Sat
Reported
3-5 Day(s)
CPT Codes
- 87070
- 87205
Interpretive Data
Please see report for interpretive data.
Components
- 4000 - GRAM STAIN
- 4106 - CULTURE, AEROBIC W/O GRAMSTAIN
- 4192 - REVIEW INDICATED
Last Updated: November 20, 2024 @ 10:13 am
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