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Wound Culture Aerobic w/GS
MessageSpecimen should arrive in lab within 8 hours of collection.
Test Code
Lab1826
Alias/See Also
WCUL
Culture, wound
Aerobic wound culture
Culture, wound
Aerobic wound culture
CPT Codes
87070
Includes
Aerobic wound culture
Gram stain
Gram stain
Preferred Specimen
ESwab (White top)
Minimum Volume
1 mL
Instructions
1. Collect specimen using a Culturette® swab.
2. Return swab to Culturette®.
3. Maintain sterility and forward promptly at ambient temperature only. Do not refrigerate.
Note: Specimen source is required on request form for processing. Be as specific as possible when describing source of specimen.
Transport Container
ESwab (White top)
Transport Temperature
Ambient
Specimen Stability
Ambient – 24 hours
Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
No specimen source specified
Specimen received in syringe
Specimen received in syringe
Methodology
Conventional culture techniques
Setup Schedule
Daily
Limitations
As with other cultures, administration of antibiotics prior to culture may make recovery of pathogens difficult to impossible.
Reference Range
No growth
NOTE: Swabs from wounds or pus, besides obvious pathogens, may grow a variety of normal skin flora as contaminates.
NOTE: Swabs from wounds or pus, besides obvious pathogens, may grow a variety of normal skin flora as contaminates.
Clinical Significance
Identification of aerobic and fungal organisms in wounds.
Performing Laboratory
Meritus Microbiology
