Specimen:
Collect
- Catheter Urine in Sterile Specimen Container
Also Acceptable:
- Catheter Urine in Urine Vacutainer
Submit
- 15 mL (Min:5 mL) Catheter Urine in Sterile Specimen Container. Submit Refrigerated.
Also Acceptable:
- 4 mL (Min:3 mL) Catheter Urine in Urine Vacutainer. Submit Refrigerated.
- 3 mL (Min:1.5 mL) Catheter Urine in Sterile Specimen Container. Submit Refrigerated. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.
Special Handling
- Catheter collection in sterile container.
Additional sources invasively collected urines. Nephrostomy tube suprapubic bladder aspiration.
Rejection Criteria
- Non-catheter urine specimens.
Clean catch urine specimens correct test code 4020.
Stability
Ambient: Unacceptable; Refrigerated: 2 Day(s); Frozen: Unacceptable; Incubated: Unacceptable
Methodology
- Culture
Performed
Sun-Sat
Reported
2-4 Day(s)
CPT Codes
- 87086
Interpretive Data
Please see report for interpretive data.
Components
- 4120 - URINE CULTURE CATH
- 4190 - REVIEW INDICATED
Last Updated: December 10, 2024 @ 10:13 am
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