Lab Use Only - Antimicrobial Susceptibility AFB Rapid Grower MIC

Specimen Requirement: Double-walled safety container Immediate Specimen Processing: Identification of the isolate is required. Isolate safely contained in a Double-walled safety container or must be submitted in 95K bag at room temperature. Lowenstein-Jensen or Middlebrook 7H10 agar slant/plate or equivalent or positive AFB broth medium (requires subculture prior to testing) or any solid microbiological medium that supports growth. Ambulatory Transport Temperature to Inova Central Lab: AmbientSpecimen Stability: Room temperature: Determined by viability

LAB11824 AMAFB

AMAFB

@BKRCERMSGREFRESH(2302793)@ @BKRCERMSGREFRESH(2302794)@Includes: Amikacin, Cefoxitin, Ciprofloxacin, Clarithromycin, Clofazimine, Doxycycline, Imipenem, Linezolid, Moxifloxacin, Tigecycline, Tobramycin, Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole

Processing Instructions: Identification of the isolate is required. Isolate safely contained in a double-walled safety container or must be submitted in 95K bag at room temperature. Lowenstein-Jensen or Middlebrook 7H10 agar slant/plate or equivalent or positive AFB broth medium (requires subculture prior to testing) or any solid microbiological medium that supports growth. Preferred Testing Volume: 1 slant/plate/broth Minimum Testing Volume: 1 slant/plate/broth Transport Temperature: Ambient Stability: Ambient: Determined by viability Refrigerated : Determined by viability Frozen: Unacceptable Causes for Rejection: Mixed cultures or organisms not considered rapid growing mycobacteriaRaw specimensFrozen isolatesIsolate overgrown with bacteria, yeast, fungiPerforming Lab: Quest Diagnostics Chantilly

23-Days

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