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| 91350 Culture, AFB [Blood, Bone Marrow] |
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| Collect: |
Blood
Also Acceptable Bone Marrow |
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| Submit: |
Also Acceptable 7 mL Bone Marrow in Sterile Tube. Submit Ambient. |
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| Special Handling: |
Critical Ambient Collect in sterile SPS tube or Myco/F Lytic bottle |
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| Rejection Criteria: |
Specimen not submitted at room temperature Samples submitted in tube other than SPS or Myco/F Lytic bottle |
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| Stability: | Ambient: 3 Day(s); Refrigerated: Unacceptable; Frozen: Unacceptable; Incubated: Unacceptable | ||
| Methodology: | BACTEC Continuous Monitoring System | ||
| Performed: | Sun-Sat | ||
| Reported: |
Final: Negative at 42 days. Positive cultures are reported as soon as detected. |
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