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NEPHROSTOMY CULTURE
Test CodeLAB304831
Includes
Bacterial culture, gram stain and susceptibility (if indicated).
Preferred Specimen
Sterile leak-proof container, labeled as nephrostomy
Minimum Volume
1 mL urine
Transport Temperature
Refrigerated
Specimen Stability
Refrigerate after collection.
Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Specimens left at ambient temperature > 2 hours.
Methodology
Culture
Setup Schedule
Sunday-Saturday
Clinical Significance
Identification and susceptibility testing (if indicated) will be performed on positive cultures. Nephrostomy cultures are processed as open
wounds and are quantitated as rare, few, several, and many. Colony counts are not performed.
wounds and are quantitated as rare, few, several, and many. Colony counts are not performed.
Performing Laboratory
West Virginia University Hospital, Inc.
Berkeley Medical Center
United Hospital Center
