Specimen Types: Body Fluid, Respiratory, Stool, Tissue, Urine, Wound
Container Types: Sterile screw-cap tube or sterile container
Preferred Draw Volume
1 mL
Collection Comments
Must be received in 24 hours. Indicate site, patient age, current antibiotic therapy, and clinical diagnosis. State source.
Storage/Transport Temperature
Refrigerated
Ordering Recommendations
An Acid-Fast Bacilli (AFB) Stain Only includes microscopic examination of an auramine-rhodamine-stained smear of a respiratory specimen for acid-fast bacilli (e.g., Mycobacterium species). This test is ordered to monitor respiratory specimens in previously diagnosed patients. This test should NOT be ordered without culture in previously undiagnosed patients. Only a presumptive identification of acid-fast bacilli can be made from microscopic examination.
Performed
Monday - Friday; Days
Methodology
Auramine-Rhodamine
Reported
1-3 days
Performing Lab
Microbiology
Synonyms
3066
AFB (TB) Stain Only
Acid fast (TB) Stain Only
TB Stain Only
Acid-Fast (Mycobacterium) Stain Only
Reference Interval
Negative for acid-fast organisms; Critical Value: positive
CPT Codes
87206
Test Code (Outreach Synonym)
3066
Catalog Code
692121
Collection
Collect
Specimen Types: Body Fluid, Respiratory, Stool, Tissue, Urine, Wound
Container Types: Sterile screw-cap tube or sterile container
Preferred Draw Volume
1 mL
Collection Comments
Must be received in 24 hours. Indicate site, patient age, current antibiotic therapy, and clinical diagnosis. State source.
Storage/Transport Temperature
Refrigerated
Ordering
Ordering Recommendations
An Acid-Fast Bacilli (AFB) Stain Only includes microscopic examination of an auramine-rhodamine-stained smear of a respiratory specimen for acid-fast bacilli (e.g., Mycobacterium species). This test is ordered to monitor respiratory specimens in previously diagnosed patients. This test should NOT be ordered without culture in previously undiagnosed patients. Only a presumptive identification of acid-fast bacilli can be made from microscopic examination.
Performed
Monday - Friday; Days
Methodology
Auramine-Rhodamine
Reported
1-3 days
Performing Lab
Microbiology
Synonyms
3066
AFB (TB) Stain Only
Acid fast (TB) Stain Only
TB Stain Only
Acid-Fast (Mycobacterium) Stain Only
Result Interpretation
Reference Interval
Negative for acid-fast organisms; Critical Value: positive
