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Strep Screen Culture
Test CodeCStrep
Preferred Specimen
Throat
Minimum Volume
1
Instructions
1. Obtain specimen using a red (Liquid Stuart) culture swab.
2. Remove cap and swab from tube.
3. Tilt patient’s head back to assist in opening mouth as wide as possible.
4. Depress tongue with a tongue depressor so swab doesn’t touch tongue and also avoid lateral walls of buccal cavity.
5. Have patient say “ah” while sweeping back and forth across posterior pharynx.
6. If patient has complained of 1 spot being sore, swab that area well.
7. In 1 continuous motion:
A. Swab 1 tonsillar area up then down.
B. Move to back of throat as far down as possible and swab there.
C. Move to other tonsillar area and swab.
D. Swab behind uvula and remove swab.
8. Return swab to a sterile culture transport tube.
9. Label tube with patient’s name (first and last), medical record number (if available), date and time of collection, and type of specimen.
10. Send specimen refrigerated. Maintain sterility and forward promptly.
2. Remove cap and swab from tube.
3. Tilt patient’s head back to assist in opening mouth as wide as possible.
4. Depress tongue with a tongue depressor so swab doesn’t touch tongue and also avoid lateral walls of buccal cavity.
5. Have patient say “ah” while sweeping back and forth across posterior pharynx.
6. If patient has complained of 1 spot being sore, swab that area well.
7. In 1 continuous motion:
A. Swab 1 tonsillar area up then down.
B. Move to back of throat as far down as possible and swab there.
C. Move to other tonsillar area and swab.
D. Swab behind uvula and remove swab.
8. Return swab to a sterile culture transport tube.
9. Label tube with patient’s name (first and last), medical record number (if available), date and time of collection, and type of specimen.
10. Send specimen refrigerated. Maintain sterility and forward promptly.
Transport Container
Red Swab
Reference Range
Normal flora
Performing Laboratory
Indiana Regional Medical Center
