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URINE CULTURE (PEDIATRIC/NEUTROPENIC/NEPHROLOGY)
Test CodeLAB304950
CPT Codes
87086
Includes
Bacterial Culture, Colony Count,and Susceptibilities (if indicated).
Preferred Specimen
Urine in sterile leak-proof container or vacutainer urine culture kit (grey top)
Transport Temperature
Refrigerated
Specimen Stability
Ambient: 48 hours (in vacutainer urine culture kit-grey top)
Refrigerated: 24 hours
Refrigerated: 24 hours
Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Specimens with contaminated outer container, leaking containers, or specimens that have been unrefrigerated longer than two hours will be rejected for culture. Urine Drug Screen Cups are not sterile and therefore not acceptable for culture. Only one specimen per twenty-four hours will be accepted.
Methodology
Culture
Setup Schedule
Sunday-Saturday
Reference Range
No growth in two days.
Performing Laboratory
West Virginia University Hospital, Inc.
Berkeley Medical Center Braxton County Memorial Camden Clark Medical Center Jackson General Hospital Jefferson Medical Center Princeton Community Hospital Reynolds Memorial Hospital Summersville Regional Medical Center St. Joseph’s Hospital United Hospital Center Uniontown Hospital Wetzel County Hospital Wheeling Hospital