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Bacterial Reference Culture for Identification, Anaerobic

TEST NAME Bacterial Reference Culture for Identification, Anaerobic
DEPARTMENT BACT
TESTS B5
DESCRIPTION Anaerobic bacterial culture identification utilizing conventional anaerobic biochemical testing techniques.
SPECIMEN REQUIREMENTS

SPECIMEN: Pure culture isolate on swab or plated media

CONTAINER: Swab in anaerobic transport tube. Isolates submitted on plated media in anaerobic transport bag.

COLLECTION: Do not refrigerate or freeze

TRANSPORT CONDITIONS: Room Temperature (25±5°C) = 2 days

Refrigerated (5±3°C) = Unacceptable

Frozen (-15±5°C) = Unacceptable

TURNAROUND TIME (TAT) 1 week
REFERENCE RANGE By report
TEST METHOD Culture
CPT CODES

87040

87075

87076