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Test Code C Bdy Fld Body Fluid Culture

Important Note

Reflex testing orderd as appropiate

Transport to Microbiology Lab as soon as possible

Performing Laboratory

Memorial Hospital-Microbiology Laboratory              304-388-9353
Greenbrier Valley Laboratory              304-647-6060

Specimen Requirements

Sterile Body Fluid Other Than CSF-Collect in Sterile Container or Inject 10cc of Fluid in Aerobic Blood Culture Bottle

Send as much fluid as possible

Specimen Rejection

  • Improperly labeled, collected, stored, and transported
  • Quantity not sufficient

Reference Values

No growth

Critical Results: All positive amniocentesis fluid results

Methodology

Culture

Days Test Set Up and Turnaround

Monday through Sunday, Continuously

Turn around time depends on growth

CPT Coding

87070