Specimen:
Collect
- Whole blood in Yellow Top (SPS Tube)
Also Acceptable:
- Bone Marrow in Yellow Top (SPS Tube)
Submit
- 10 mL (Min:1 mL) Whole blood in SPS Tube. Submit Ambient.
Also Acceptable:
- 7 mL (Min:1 mL) Bone Marrow in SPS Tube. Submit Ambient.
Special Handling
- Critical Ambient
- Collect in sterile SPS tube or Myco/F Lytic bottle.
To conserve blood bottle supply during the nationwide shortage, SPS tubes (yellow) are not acceptable. ARUP is currently accepting only Bactec Myco/F Lytic bottles for this testing.
Rejection Criteria
- Samples submitted in tubes other than SPS or Myco/F Lytic bottle
Stability
Ambient: 3 Day(s); Refrigerated: Unacceptable; Frozen: Unacceptable; Incubated: Unacceptable
Methodology
- BACTEC Continuous Monitoring System
Performed
Sun-Sat
Reported
Final: Negative at 43 days. Positive cultures are reported as soon as detected.
CPT Codes
- 87116
Components
- 91350 - AFB CULTURE
Last Updated: May 11, 2025 @ 9:13 am
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