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GC Screen

Message
Gram Stain performed at York Hospital Laboratory.
Culture performed at South Berwick Microbiology Laboratory.

If positive, an identification will be performed at an additional charge.
Sensitivities will be sent to the Maine State Lab to be performed if requested.


Test Code
CSGC


Alias/See Also
Gonorrhea Screen


CPT Codes
87801, 87205

Includes
Gram Stain (performed only on male urethral, eye conjunctivae, or sterile joint fluid specimens)
Culture


Preferred Specimen
  • Swab of urethra, cervix, endocervix, vagina, anal canal, eye, or throat (two swabs are recommended)
  • Joint fluid
    Please specify body site for all specimens.

NOTE: For urine specimens, order the appropriate aptima test [APT - Chlamydia/N. Gonorrhoeae (Aptima) or APTNG - Neisseria Gonorrhoeae, RNA TMA (Aptima) ].


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Instructions
Use a small wire shaft nasopharngeal swab to collect male urethral specimens.
Calcium alginate, cotton, wooden shaft swabs are not acceptable since they are toxic to GC.
Sample must be received by the laboratory and planted within 6 hours from collection.


Transport Container
Male Urethra: Swab (nasopharyngeal) in  Amies Transport Media
Fluids: Sterile Container, Leak-Proof
All other specimens: Swab (Dacron or Rayon) in Amies Transport Media


Transport Temperature
Room Temperature


Specimen Stability
Room temperature: 24 hours
Refrigerated: Unacceptable
Frozen: Unacceptable


Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Calcium alginate, cotton, or wooden shaft swab
Samples received after 5 hours from collection time
Female genital specimens collected with a swab other than an Amies swab


Methodology

Gram Stain
Culture
 



Setup Schedule
Daily


Report Available
Negative Culture - Finalized at 3 days

Critical Values
Positive




The CPT Codes provided in this document are based on AMA guidelines and are for informational purposes only. CPT coding is the sole responsibility of the billing party. Please direct any questions regarding coding to the payor being billed. Any Profile/panel component may be ordered separately. Reflex tests are performed at an additional charge.