BLOOD CULTURE, ROUTINE MANUAL

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SPECIMEN: 10 ML WHOLE BLOOD

VOLUME: 10 ML

MINIMUM VOLUME: 8 ML

CONTAINER: ONE AEROBIC AND ONE ANAEROBIC BLOOD CULTURE BOTTLE FOR ADULTS OR ONE PEDIATRIC BOTTLE, SEE KIT INSERT FOR BLOOD PREPARATION AND VENIPUNCTURE INSTRUCTIONS; …

BETA STREP GP A, CULTURE

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SPECIMEN: COLLECT THROAT SPECIMEN USING A RED CAP, AMIES LIQUID TRANSPORT MEDIUM SWAB OR SWAB IN OTHER LIQUID TRANSPORT MEDIA.

CONTAINER: TRANSPORT SWAB WITH AMIES MEDIUM OR STERILE CONTAINER.

MINIMUM VOLUME: 1 SWAB.

TRANSPORT: ROOM TEMPERATURE.…

ANAEROBIC AND AEROBIC CULTURE

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SPECIMEN:

AEROBIC CULTURES: SUPERFICIAL WOUNDS, ABSCESS, ASPIRATES, ANIMAL BITES, SKIN BIOPSY SHOULD BE SUBMITTED IN A SMALL AMOUNT OF STERILE, NON-BACTERIOSTATIC SALINE. ANAEROBIC CULTURES: ABSCESS OR DEEP WOUND, TISSUE, NORMALLY STERILE BODY FLUIDS OTHER THAN BLOOD, TRANSTRACHEAL ASPIRATIONS, …

AEROBIC BACTERIAL CULTURE

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SPECIMEN: SWAB OR 0.5 ML ASEPTICALLY ASPIRATED PUS OR TISSUE PUS OR OTHER MATERIAL PROPERLY OBTAINED FROM A BODY SITE (ABSCESSES, EYES, TISSUE, AND WOUNDS).

CONTAINER: SWAB (AMIES MEDIUM) / TRANSPORT TUBE

TRANSPORT: ROOM TEMPERATURE.…