Specimen:
Collect
- Genital Swab in eSwab
Also Acceptable:
- Cervical/Vaginal Smear in Culturette-Aerobic
- Conjuctival Swab in Culturette-Aerobic
- Endocervical Swab in Culturette-Aerobic
- Genital Swab in Culturette-Aerobic
- Ocular Fluid in Culturette-Aerobic
- Other in Culturette-Aerobic
- Rectal Swab in Culturette-Aerobic
- Throat Swab in Culturette-Aerobic
- Urogenital Swab in Culturette-Aerobic
- Vaginal Secretions in Culturette-Aerobic
- Random Urine in Sterile Specimen Container
- Cervical/Vaginal in eSwab
- Conjuctival Swab in eSwab
- Endocervical Swab in eSwab
- Ocular Fluid in eSwab
- Other in eSwab
- Rectal Swab in eSwab
- Throat Swab in eSwab
- Urogenital Swab in eSwab
- Vaginal Secretions in eSwab
Submit
- Genital Swab in eSwab. Submit Ambient.
Also Acceptable:
- Ocular Fluid in Culturette-Aerobic. Submit Ambient.
- Throat Swab in Culturette-Aerobic. Submit Ambient.
- Conjuctival Swab in Culturette-Aerobic. Submit Ambient.
- Vaginal Secretions in Culturette-Aerobic. Submit Ambient.
- Endocervical Swab in Culturette-Aerobic. Submit Ambient.
- Cervical/Vaginal Smear in Culturette-Aerobic. Submit Ambient.
- Urogenital Swab in Culturette-Aerobic. Submit Ambient.
- Rectal Swab in Culturette-Aerobic. Submit Ambient.
- Other in Culturette-Aerobic. Submit Ambient.
- Genital Swab in Culturette-Anaerobic. Submit Ambient.
- Ocular Fluid in eSwab. Submit Ambient.
- Throat Swab in eSwab. Submit Ambient.
- Conjuctival Swab in eSwab. Submit Ambient.
- Vaginal Secretions in eSwab. Submit Ambient.
- Endocervical Swab in eSwab. Submit Ambient.
- Cervical/Vaginal in eSwab. Submit Ambient.
- Urogenital Swab in eSwab. Submit Ambient.
- Rectal Swab in eSwab. Submit Ambient.
- Other in eSwab. Submit Ambient.
- 15 mL (Min:5 mL) Random Urine in Sterile Specimen Container. Submit Refrigerated.
Special Handling
- State Source
- Additional sources: Prostatic Fluid.
Urine: collect morning first-void specimen. First part of voided specimen preferred over midstream urine. Urine is not a preferred specimen for GC culture; test is reasonably sensitive for male but not for females. NAAT testing is preferred.
Urine stability: 1 day refrigerated.
Rejection Criteria
- Dry Swab
Stability
Ambient: 2 Day(s); Refrigerated: Unacceptable; Frozen: Unacceptable; Incubated: Unacceptable
Methodology
- Culture
Performed
Sun-Sat
Reported
2-3 Day(s)
CPT Codes
- 87070
- 87205
Interpretive Data
Please see report for interpretive data.
Components
- 4000 - GRAM STAIN
- 4105 - AEROBIC GONORRHEA CULTURE
- 4910 - REVIEW INDICATED
Last Updated: May 8, 2025 @ 9:13 am
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