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Last Updated: December 4, 2023 @ 10:13 am
4050	Culture, Aerobic / Anaerobic
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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