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Aerobic (Wound) Culture with Gram Stain
Test Code1236201300
Alias/See Also
Aerobic
C Wound/GS
Culture
Gram
Wound
C Wound/GS
Culture
Gram
Wound
CPT Codes
8707087205
Preferred Specimen
Specimen collected with an ESwab regular collection kit
Other Acceptable Specimens
Specimen collected in a sterile container or syringe
Instructions
ESwab collection kit: 1. Remove surface exudate by wiping with sterile saline or 70% ethanol. 2. Aspirate, if possible, or pass a swab deep into the lesion and firmly sample the lesion’s advancing edge. 3. A sample from the base of the lesion and a sample from the abscess wall are most productive. 4. Tissue or fluid is always superior to a swab specimen.
Transport Temperature
Room temperature
Specimen Stability
ESWAB - Room temperature: 48 hours, Refrigerated: 48 hours
OTHERWISE - Room temperature: 24 hours
OTHERWISE - Room temperature: 24 hours
Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Received frozen
Received in viral transport device
Improper specimen collection, storage, and transport
Received in viral transport device
Improper specimen collection, storage, and transport
Performing Laboratory
Guthrie Clinic Lab
