| SPECIMEN REQUIREMENTS | SPECIMEN: Urine, sputum, eye, ear, genital, wounds, and abscesses. CONTAINER: Bacterial Culturettes, culture bottles, BD Urine C&S Preservative (Gray top), sputum collection bottles. COLLECTION: Bacterial Culturettes are used for genital, eye, ear, wounds and abscesses. TRANSPORT CONDITIONS: Room Temperature (25±5°C): 1 day (genital swabs); 2 days (swabs); 2 hours (sputum) Refrigerated (5±3°C): 1 day (sputum) 3 days (preserved urine) Frozen (-15±5°C): Unacceptable |
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