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Bacterial Culture, Anaerobic

TEST NAME Bacterial Culture, Anaerobic 
DEPARTMENT BACT
TESTS B3
DESCRIPTION Identification of all anaerobic organisms found using conventional anaerobic culture techniques.
SPECIMEN REQUIREMENTS

SPECIMEN: Deep wounds, abscesses, body fluids, tissue, blood

CONTAINER: Anaerobic blood culture bottle, swab in anaerobic transport tube.

COLLECTION: Blood Cultures - After aseptic collection of specimens, inject approximately 8 ml into one BACTEC Lytic Anaerobic/F bottle (provided by OCPHL). Keep at room temperature and send to laboratory immediately. Swabs- Collect under anaerobic conditions using an anaerobe swab. Call the lab for anaerobic transport tubes.

TRANSPORT CONDITIONS: Room Temperature (25±5°C): 1 day

Refrigerated (5±3°C): Unacceptable

Frozen (-15±5°C): Unacceptable
TURNAROUND TIME (TAT) 2 weeks
REFERENCE RANGE Negative
TEST METHOD Culture
CPT CODES

87040

87075

87076