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CULTURE FUNGUS, BLOOD

Test Code
CXFBL


Alias/See Also
LAB242 FUNGAL CULTURE BLOOD 80287


Includes
Culture for yeast and moulds. Does not include fungal stain.


Preferred Specimen
Collect 10 mL blood in Isolator Tube.


Minimum Volume
5 ml


Other Acceptable Specimens
Bone marrow collected in the small Isolator tube.


Instructions
Use Blood Culture Skin Prep procedure (chlorhexidine). Do not draw from IV lines. Obtain collection tube from PAH Microbiology.


Transport Temperature
Submit to PAH Microbiology at ambient temperature within 4 hours collection.


Specimen Stability
16 hours at ambient temperature


Methodology
Lysis centrifugation specimen preparation; conventional fungus culture.

Performed By
Piedmont Atlanta



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