| Specimen requirements: |
BBL Cultureswab Plus |
| |
or: Syringe |
| Unit of measure: |
N/A |
| Ideal sample: |
2 swabs or syringe with 1.0 mL fluid |
| Absolute minimum amount: |
1 swab or syringe with 0.5 mL fluid |
| Method of collection: |
Pus properly obtained from an abscess
with swabs or syringe |
| Transportation: |
Deliver to lab as soon as possible.
(1-3 hours), if delay, keep at room temperature. |
| Label instructions: |
Tubes, cups or syringes must be
labeled with patient name and Medical Record number. |
| 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: |
N/A |
| Routine turn around time: |
24 hrs for prelim/ 48-96 hrs for
final |
| For Hillcrest deliver to: |
Microbiology : Room 2-109 |
| For Thornton deliver to: |
Microbiology : Processing Desk, 1st
floor,
|
| |
Hospital, room 1-013
|
| Scheduling requirements : |
N/A |
| Method: |
N/A |
| Special Instructions: |
Obtain
BBL Cultureswab Plus from the Microbiology
lab. Patient preparation: apply 10% povidine to site and allow to remain on skin
for 2-4 minutes. Remove iodine with alcohol swab. Collect fluid or pus with a
swab. If sufficient sample, collect pus in syringe rather than on swabs. Remove
needle and replace with a sterile luer-Loc syringe plug (storehouse stock
#175-612). Requisition must state specific site of specimen, current antibiotic
therapy, clinical diagnosis, and time of collection. Routine culture for abscess
will include a primary gram stain and culture for aerobes, and susceptibilities.
Anaerobe culture must be ordered. |
| |
Results are available on a Chart Copy |
| SOFT LAB abbreviation: |
CXBS (Culture Body Site) |
| Secondary code: |
N/A |
| Lab Processing Instructions: |
N/A |
