4060 Culture, Stool - Interpath Laboratory, Inc.

4060 Culture, Stool

Specimen:

Collect:

Random Stool

Also Acceptable
Culturette-Aerobic

Submit:

Random Stool in Enteric Pathogen Transport Media. Submit Ambient.

Special Handling:

Specimen will be cultured for Salmonella, Shigella, Campylobacter jejuni, E. coli 0157:H7 and Yersinia.
Culture for Vibrio must be requested.
Culturette is acceptable sample
Culturing multiple specimens provides limited yield and is not recommended. If multiple specimens are collected, always skip a day between sample collection.

Rejection Criteria:

Fresh stool over 2 hours old.
Overfilled Enteric Pathogen Transport Media collection vial

Stability:

Ambient: 4 Day(s); Refrigerated: Unacceptable; Frozen: Unacceptable; Incubated: Unacceptable

Methodology:

Culture

Performed:

Sun-Sat

Reported:

4-5 Day(s)

CPT Codes:

87045

87046x3