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Test Code BFC CULTURE, BODY FLUID & GS

Important Note

Only Gram Stain available STAT.

Performing Location

Southwestern Vermont Medical Center

Method

Microbiological culture & identification techniques

Specimen Type

Fluid

Any body fluid other than CSF or Urine

CPT

87070 - Culture
87205 - Gram Stain

LOINC

611-4

Collection Container

Green Top heparinized vacutainer tube or Port-A-Cul transport Vial

 

Specimen Minimum Volume

2.0 mL

Reference Values

Gram stain: NO BACTERIA SEEN

 

Culture: NO GROWTH 48 HOURS

 

 

Day(s) Performed

Daily

Collection Instructions

  1. Clean the needle puncture site with alcohol, and disinfect it with an iodine solution (1 to 2% tincture of iodine or a 10% solution of povidone-iodine [1% free iodine]) to prevent introduction of infection. (If tincture of iodine is used, remove with 70% ethanol after the procedure to avoid burn).

  2. The physician will aseptically perform percutaneous aspiration to obtain pleural, pericardial, peritoneal, or synovial fluids.

  3. Expel any air bubbles from the syringe, and inject the specimen into a sterile green-stoppered tube. If an anaerobe culture is ordered, inject a portion of the specimen into a PORT-A-CUL anaerobic transport vial