| Specimen requirements: |
N/A |
| Unit of measure: |
Highest dilution of antibiotic lethal
for 99% of isolate tested. |
| Ideal sample: |
Patient's infecting microbe must be
available and viable. |
| Absolute minimum amount: |
N/A |
| Method of collection: |
N/A |
| Transportation: |
N/A |
| Label instructions: |
N/A |
| Request test on form: |
Multi Labs/Micro/Viro/Serology (
151-905 ) |
| Order/entry screen(s): |
Microbiology/Virology |
| Stat frequency: |
N/A |
| Stat turn around time: |
N/A |
| Routine frequency: |
Daily |
| Must be in by: |
Noon |
| Routine turn around time: |
48 to 72 hours |
| For Hillcrest deliver to: |
Microbiology : Room 2-105
|
| For Thornton deliver to: |
Microbiology : Processing Desk, 1st
floor,
|
| |
Hospital, room 1-013
|
| Scheduling requirements : |
All requests for MBC determinations
must be approved by the attending infectious disease specialist. All requests
for MBC determinations must be approved by the attending infectious disease
specialist. |
| Method: |
N/A |
| Special Instructions: |
Patient's infecting organism needs to
be saved to perform this test. Most isolates are available for at least one week
from date of culture. If the isolate has not been saved, the procedure cannot be
done. Physician must specify the collection date, culture site, pathogen to be
tested, as well as which antimicrobials are to be tested against patient's
infectious agent. Contraindications: Organisms that are too fastidious to grow
in broth media will not be acceptable for MBC testing. Any isolate that is
totally resistant by MIC technique, to the antibiotic requested for MBC, will
not be tested for MBC. |
| |
Results are available on a Chart Copy |
| |
Results are Quantitative |
| CyberLAB abbreviation: |
MBC |
| CyberLAB code: |
4990 |
| Lab Processing Instructions: |
N/A |
