Collect

2.0 - 5.0 g of fresh liquid or soft stool in sterile specimen container (See below)

 

Minimum Collection Volume

1.0 gram

Acceptable Specimen Collect Alternatives

Liquid or soft stool in Carey Blair preservative (collection container, see below)

         

Rectal swabs (See below)
*NOTE - Rectal swab collection is less sensitive than stool in Carey Blair


Workday #: 120347

Sterile foam swab (Blue top) 

Workday # 128403

 

Stability (from collection to initiation)

Fresh stool, unpreserved:

  • Ambient - 2 hours
  • Refrigerated - 5 days

Carey-Blair Preserved stool:

  • Ambient - 3 Days
  • Refrigerated - 5 Days
Rectal Swab:
  • Ambient - 3 Days
  • Refrigerated - 5 Days

Notes

Test of cure stool specimens: Call the Microbiology Lab (513-636-7658)

If Pleisiomonas, Yersinia, or Vibrio is suspected:  Call the Microbiology Lab (513-636-7658)

Not recommended for patients who have been hospitalized for >3 days

Specimen Preparation

Sterile Container

Carey Blair Preservative Container

Rectal Swab

Storage/Transport Temperature

Ambient

Performing Lab

Diagnostic Infectious Diseases Testing Laboratory

Performed

Sun-Sat

Unacceptable Conditions

Diapers

Duodenal or ileostomy fluid

Stool mixed with urine in specimen container

Remarks

Specimen source required.

Units of Measure

See Reference Interval

Ordering Recommendations

Preferred test for suspected bacterial diarrheal evaluation.

Synonyms

  • Enteric Bacterial Pathogens (EBP)
  • Stool Molecular (formerly Stool Culture)
  • Bacterial Stool Molecular (formerly Stool Culture)

Tests Included

Nucleic acid detection of:

  • Salmonella
  • Shigella
  • Campylobacter
  • E.coli-Shiga-toxin 1 and 2

Methodology

PCR based nucleic acid detection of specific enteric bacterial pathogens (EBP).

Reported

1 Day

 

Reference Interval

Negative

CPT Codes

87505
Collection

Collect

2.0 - 5.0 g of fresh liquid or soft stool in sterile specimen container (See below)

 

Minimum Collection Volume

1.0 gram

Acceptable Specimen Collect Alternatives

Liquid or soft stool in Carey Blair preservative (collection container, see below)

         

Rectal swabs (See below)
*NOTE - Rectal swab collection is less sensitive than stool in Carey Blair


Workday #: 120347

Sterile foam swab (Blue top) 

Workday # 128403

 

Stability (from collection to initiation)

Fresh stool, unpreserved:

  • Ambient - 2 hours
  • Refrigerated - 5 days

Carey-Blair Preserved stool:

  • Ambient - 3 Days
  • Refrigerated - 5 Days
Rectal Swab:
  • Ambient - 3 Days
  • Refrigerated - 5 Days

Notes

Test of cure stool specimens: Call the Microbiology Lab (513-636-7658)

If Pleisiomonas, Yersinia, or Vibrio is suspected:  Call the Microbiology Lab (513-636-7658)

Not recommended for patients who have been hospitalized for >3 days

Specimen Preparation

Sterile Container

Carey Blair Preservative Container

Rectal Swab

Storage/Transport Temperature

Ambient

Performing Lab

Diagnostic Infectious Diseases Testing Laboratory

Performed

Sun-Sat

Unacceptable Conditions

Diapers

Duodenal or ileostomy fluid

Stool mixed with urine in specimen container

Remarks

Specimen source required.

Units of Measure

See Reference Interval
Ordering

Ordering Recommendations

Preferred test for suspected bacterial diarrheal evaluation.

Synonyms

  • Enteric Bacterial Pathogens (EBP)
  • Stool Molecular (formerly Stool Culture)
  • Bacterial Stool Molecular (formerly Stool Culture)

Tests Included

Nucleic acid detection of:

  • Salmonella
  • Shigella
  • Campylobacter
  • E.coli-Shiga-toxin 1 and 2

Methodology

PCR based nucleic acid detection of specific enteric bacterial pathogens (EBP).

Reported

1 Day

 

Result Interpretation

Reference Interval

Negative

Laboratory Personnel Use

CPT Codes

87505