Result Test Name
CULTURE AEROBIC BACTERIA WITH GRAM STAIN
Laboratory
QUEST LAB
Result Test Code
12375407636
Laboratory Test Name
CULTURE AEROBIC BACTERIA (Quest)
Reportable Test Name
-
Result LOINC
634-6
Collection Container
STERILE SWAB
Units
-
Collection Requirements
1 swab (1 swab minimum) wounds abscess aspirates or drainage collected in Amies liquid transport swab Amies gel transport swab Amies liquid elution swab (ESwab?) or equivalent or submit in a sterile leak-proof container or capped syringe. No other acceptable specimens
Container Temp
Room Temperature (1)
Container Volume
1.000
Test Info
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Shipping Instructions
Instructions: If submitting in syringe remove needle expel air and recap syringe. Note: For deep wounds and surgical specimens or whenever anaerobic infection must be ruled out see Culture Aerobic and Anaerobic with Gram Stain Reject:Dry swabs; nails; molecular transport systems; post-mortem specimens; skin scrapings; specimens submitted in formalin; swabs of oral specimens (ex. gums teeth); wooden-shafted cotton tipped swabs and calcium alginate swabs