Specimen:
Collect
- Drainage in eSwab
Also Acceptable:
- Other in Sterile Specimen Container
- Abscess Swab in eSwab
- Deep Wound in eSwab
Submit
- Drainage in eSwab. Submit Ambient.
Also Acceptable:
- Other in Sterile Specimen Container. Submit Ambient.
- Abscess Swab in eSwab. Submit Ambient.
- Deep Wound in eSwab. 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.
Specimens that contain normal or transient anaerobic flora are not suitable for anaerobic culture. These include: Oral, Throat, nasopharyngeal, sputum, urogenital, urine, feces, superficial wounds and specimens from sites contaminated with intestinal contents.
Stability
Ambient: 2 Day(s); Refrigerated: Unacceptable; Frozen: Unacceptable; Incubated: Unacceptable
Methodology
- Culture
Performed
Sun-Sat
Reported
4-5 Day(s)
CPT Codes
- 87070
- 87075
- 87205
Interpretive Data
Please see report for interpretive data.
Components
- 4000 - GRAM STAIN
- 4006 - CULTURE, AEROBIC
- 4008 - CULTURE, ANAEROBIC
- 4915 - REVIEW INDICATED
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