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Culture, AFB [Blood, Bone Marrow]

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.

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: October 10, 2024 @ 9:13 am

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