4050 Culture, Aerobic / Anaerobic

Specimen:

Collect:

Culturette-Anaerobic

Also Acceptable
Body Fluid

Submit:

One Culturette-Anaerobic. Submit Ambient.

Also Acceptable
2 mL (Min:1 mL) Body Fluid in Sterile Specimen Container. Submit Ambient.

Special Handling:

State Source
Anaerobic/Aerobic culturette sources include:deep wounds, abscesses and body fluids.
If aspirate is made with a needle and syringe, specimen may be put into a sterile (urine) container.Do not send the syringe or needle.

Rejection Criteria:

Leaking Container
Organisms submitted in liquid media

Stability:

Ambient: 2 Day(s); Refrigerated: Unacceptable; Frozen: Unacceptable; Incubated: Unacceptable

Methodology:

Culture

Performed:

Sun-Sat

Reported:

4-5 Day(s)

CPT Codes:

87070 - Culture, Any	87075 - Culture, Anaerobic
87205 - Smear

Interpretive Data:

Please see report for interpretive data.

Components:

4000 - GRAM STAIN	4006 - CULTURE, AEROBIC
4008 - CULTURE, ANAEROBIC