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Dermatology Skin Culture Group A Strep and Staph aureus
Test Code1236202500
CPT Codes
87081
Includes
Dematology skin culture for group A Strep and Staph aureus
Gram stain
Gram stain
Preferred Specimen
Specimen collected with an ESwab minitip collection kit
Other Acceptable Specimens
Specimen collected in a sterile container or syringe
Instructions
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.
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
Reference Range
No group A beta-hemolytic Streptococci or Staphylococcus aureus cultured
Performing Laboratory
Guthrie Clinic Lab
