Collect aspirate, purulent materials, or other specimens not included under body fluid, wound, tissue.
Avoid contamination with normal skin or urogenital flora.
Specimen Type
Aspirates
Drainages
Abscesses
Any type of specimen not included under body fluid, wound, tissue or other respiratory
Preferred Collection Container
BD ESwab Collection Kit
Other Acceptable Containers
Sterile Specimen Container: Aspirates or Purulent Fluids Syringe (capped with the needle removed): Aspirates or Purulent Fluids BBL Culture Swab Collection & Transport System (Red Cap, Dual Swab)
BBL Culture Swab Collection & Transport System (Red Cap, Dual Swab):
Ambient: 24 hours
Refrigerated: Unacceptable
Frozen: Unacceptable
Notes
Gram stain is not automatically included with culture, please indicated if needed when ordering.
Specify human or animal, if from a bite wound.
Refrigerated specimens are not recommended for recovery of some fastidious organisms such as Neisseria spp.
Reference Interval
No growth
Reported
Preliminary Report: 24 Hours
Final Report: minimum 48 Hours
LIS Test Code
MCULT
Performing Lab
Hennepin Healthcare Laboratory - Microbiology
Collection
Patient Preparation
Collect aspirate, purulent materials, or other specimens not included under body fluid, wound, tissue.
Avoid contamination with normal skin or urogenital flora.
Specimen Type
Aspirates
Drainages
Abscesses
Any type of specimen not included under body fluid, wound, tissue or other respiratory
Preferred Collection Container
BD ESwab Collection Kit
Other Acceptable Containers
Sterile Specimen Container: Aspirates or Purulent Fluids Syringe (capped with the needle removed): Aspirates or Purulent Fluids BBL Culture Swab Collection & Transport System (Red Cap, Dual Swab)
BBL Culture Swab Collection & Transport System (Red Cap, Dual Swab):
Ambient: 24 hours
Refrigerated: Unacceptable
Frozen: Unacceptable
Ordering
Notes
Gram stain is not automatically included with culture, please indicated if needed when ordering.
Specify human or animal, if from a bite wound.
Refrigerated specimens are not recommended for recovery of some fastidious organisms such as Neisseria spp.
