| SPECIMEN REQUIREMENTS | SPECIMEN: Urine, sputum, eye, ear, genital, wounds, tissue, body fluid, and abscesses. CONTAINER: : Bacterial Culturettes;BD Urine C&S Preservative (Gray top); sputum collection bottles; unpreserved urine, body fluid and tissue in sterile container. COLLECTION: Bacterial Culturettes are used for genital, eye, ear, wounds and abscesses. TRANSPORT CONDITIONS: as soon as possible (body fluids and tissue); 2 hours (sputum); 1 day (genital swabs); 2 days (swabs); Refrigerated (5±3°C): 1 day (sputum and tissue), 24 hours (unpreserved urine), 3 days (preserved urine) Frozen (-15±5°C): Unacceptable |
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