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| Culture, Lower Respiratory Tract, and Gram Stain |
| Preferred specimen: |
Collect lower respiratory specimen: Sputum, tracheal aspirate, bronchial wash, bronchial alveolar lavage (BAL), or transtracheal aspirate.
For sputum, carefully instruct the patient to cough deeply (not to spit) into a sterile screw-top container. The first morning specimen is best (no 24 hour collection).
Transport at least 5 mL of sputum or fluid in a tightly sealed container. |
| Notes: |
Identification and susceptibility tests will be performed if indicated, at an additional charge.
Agents such as Bordetella pertussis, Chlamydia pneumoniae , Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Legionella pneumophila, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, and Acid-Fast Bacilli (Mycobacterium tuberculosis), and Fungus require special laboratory measures for isolation and therefore require separate orders for each specific agent.
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| Unacceptable specimen: |
Specimens submitted on swabs. Specimens received after 72 hours of collection. Multiple specimens (more than one in 24 hours) or frozen specimens. |
| Transport temp: |
Refrigerated |
| Methodology: |
Bacteriologic culture techniques/Gram Stain |
| Unit Code: |
402601 |
| Reported: |
Within 48 hours |
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