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

TEST NAME

DEPARTMENT

BACT

TESTS

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

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