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Urine Culture, Urine Culture Reflex
MessageThis test has restricted ordering. This test is automatically ordered for a patient with a qualifying urinalysis/urine microscopic.
Test Code
UC
Alias/See Also
UCRFLX
Preferred Specimen
Urine, catheter, or clean catch in a sterile container - preferably in a BD vacutainer urine gray top tube.
Minimum Volume
0.3 µL
Other Acceptable Specimens
Specimens labeled: kidney urine, supra-pubic bladder or bladder tap (BTU) urine, nephrostomy, cystoscopy, urostomy, ileal conduit urine, or drainage are not processed like a routine UC/UCRFLX. Please see the media lab document Special Urine Culture for appropriate specimen collection, specimen stability, order code (CS/AC or FLDC), and setup procedure.
Transport Temperature
Room Temperature
Specimen Stability
Gray top BD vacuatiner tube:
Room Temperature: 48 hours
Refrigerated: 48 hours
Non-preserved specimens:
Room Temperature: 4 hours
Refrigerated: 24 hours
Room Temperature: 48 hours
Refrigerated: 48 hours
Non-preserved specimens:
Room Temperature: 4 hours
Refrigerated: 24 hours
Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Non-sterile containers, external contamination (leaking containers, etc.), and foley cath tips should all be rejected. If a physician insists upon a foley cath tip being cultured, setup using the superficial wound culture procedure.
Setup Schedule
Daily
Performing Laboratory
Baptist Health - LR
Last Updated: December 22, 2021
