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Test Code TISC CULTURE, TISSUE w/ANAEROB & GS

Important Note

Deliver to laboratory IMMEDIATELY at Room Temperature. DO NOT Refrigerate.

DO NOT PLACE TISSUE SPECIMEN IN FIXATIVE.

Performing Location

Southwestern Vermont Medical Center

Collection Instructions

 

  1. Submit tissue in sterile, dry container; if specimen material is very small, place in saline soaked gauze to keep moist.

  2. Deliver to laboratory immediately at Room Temperature. Do not refrigerate. Do not place tissue specimen in fixative.

  3. Anaerobic culture is routinely performed on all tissues.

Collection Container

Sterile screw-capped container

 

Turn-Around Guidelines

Daily

Maximum Hard copy

Gram Stain 1 Day

Culture 3 Days
Stat availability No-Gram Stain only

 

Reference Values

Gram stain: NO BACTERIA SEEN

Aerobic Culture: NO GROWTH 48 HOURS

Anaerobic Culture: NO GROWTH 96 HOURS

 

Method

Microbiological culture w/selective media & identification techniques

CPT

87070 – Aerobic Culture

87075 - Anaerobic Culture

87205 – Gram Stain

87176 – Tissue homogenization

 

 

LOINC

43408-4

Specimen Source

Tissue

Specimen Minimum Volume

No single sample volume applies