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Ear Culture
Test Code1236211002
Alias/See Also
C Ear
Culture
Ear
Culture
Ear
CPT Codes
87070
Preferred Specimen
Specimen collected with an ESwab minitip collection kit
Other Acceptable Specimens
Specimen collected in a sterile container
Instructions
1. Tympanocentesis should be reserved for complicated, recurrent, or persistent otitis media.
2. For an intact eardrum, clean the ear canal with soap solution and collect fluid via syringe aspiration technique.
3. Aspirate into a sterile container.
4. Label sample noting the specimen source.
2. For an intact eardrum, clean the ear canal with soap solution and collect fluid via syringe aspiration technique.
3. Aspirate into a sterile container.
4. Label sample noting the specimen source.
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?)
Improper specimen collection, storage, and transport
Reference Range
No aerobic/anaerobic growth
Performing Laboratory
Guthrie Clinic Lab
