Culture, Eye
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Daily. Routine culture results are available in 3 to 5 days. Cornea culture is available in 10 to 14 days.
Interpretation:
Gram smears routinely performed.
Specimen Requirements:
E-Swab or cornea scrapings in BH1.
Vitreous/aqueous fluid: sterile leak-proof container/syringe (no needle).
Comments:
If transplant cornea for sterility, refer to sterility culture.
Synonyms:
Eye Culture
Triglycerides, Body Fluid
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Daily
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Specimen Requirements:
Body fluid sample - 4 mL GREEN (LiHep) Tube or RED TOP 4 mL; 1 mL minimum.
Reference Range:
No reference ranges have been established for this test.
Synonyms:
BF Triglyceride
Culture, Environmental
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Daily. Results available in 3 to 5 days.
Specimen Requirements:
Only for surface and water testing.
50 mL water in Sterile Container or Millipore Paddle, collected within 24 hours. Keep specimen at room temperature.
Synonyms:
Environmental Culture, Water Culture, Culture, Water
Culture, Wound Deep or Abscess
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Includes:
Gram smear routinely performed.
Test Schedule:
Preliminary results in 24 hrs, finals results in 72 hrs.
Specimen Requirements:
Sterile container or ESwab. Describe site.
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Anaerobe
Anaerobic
Exudate
Wound Culture
Culture, Ear
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Daily; Preliminary results in 24 hrs, finals results in 2-5 days.
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Source: Drainage, ear, ear canal, lesion, middle ear fluid in liquid amies transport swab (E-swab).
Synonyms:
Ear Culture
Culture, Dialysis
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Includes:
Gram smears routinely performed.
Test Schedule:
Daily. Preliminary results in 24 hours. Final results in 5 to 10 days.
Specimen Requirements:
Dialysate fluid in sterile cup or bag and YELLOW SPS tube completely filled.
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Dialysis Culture
Culture, CSF
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Includes:
STAT gram stain automatically performed.
Test Schedule:
Test performed daily. Preliminary results are available in 24 hours. Final results in 3 to 5 days, 14 days for shunt specimens.
Specimen Requirements:
1 mL CSF preferred.
Comments:
If shunt protocol, add comment in source and on label.
Testing tube is 2 unless otherwise indicated.
Synonyms:
Cerebrospinal Fluid Culture, CSF Culture, Sprinal Fluid Culture
Culture, Body Fluid
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Includes:
Gram smears routinely performed.
Test Schedule:
Daily. Results available in 5 to 14 days.
Specimen Requirements:
Body fluid inoculated in BLC bottles (1 aerobic and 1 anaerobic), 1 to 10 mL in each bottle. Also needs additional specimen (greater than 0.5 mL) submitted in a sterile, leak-proof container for gram stain.
Greater than 1 mL fluid in sterile cup. If specimen is likely to clot, use YELLOW top SPS tube and fill completely.
Acceptable fluid sources: amniotic, ascites, bilary, dialysis, synovial, paracentesis, pericardial, pleural.
If fluid is not one of these sources, please refer to abscess/aspirate culture.
Comments:
If CSF or blood, order CSF culture or blood culture, respectively.
Synonyms:
Body Fluid Culture
Culture, Intraveneous Catheter Tip
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Daily. Results are available in 3 to 5 days.
Specimen Requirements:
IV catheter tip in sterile cup. Urinary catheters not accepted.
Catheter is unsuitable for AFB or Fungal culture.
Synonyms:
Catheter Tip Culture
IV Catheter Tip
Culture, IV Catheter Tip