PATHDNA™ | WOMEN’S HEALTH

SPECIMEN: One E-Swab

CONTAINER: One E-Swab in Amies Solution

TRANSPORT: Room Temperature

THIS PANEL INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TESTS:

  • CANDIDIASIS PANEL
  • AEROBIC VAGINITS PANEL
  • STD PANEL
  • BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS PANEL

VAGINAL YEAST CULTURE, INDENTIFICATION

SPECIMEN: RAW SPECIMEN OR SWAB SPECIMENS IN TRANSPORT MEDIA

TUBE TYPE: STERILE CONTAINER OR TRANSPORT SWAB

MINIMUM VOLUME: 1 SWAB

TRANSPORT: REFRIGERATE; RAW SPECIMEN ROOM TEMPERATURE…

UPPER RESPIRATORY CULTURE, ROUTINE

SPECIMEN: ONE SWAB OR ASPIRATED MATERIAL OF THROAT SWAB, NASOPHARYNX SWAB, NARES SWAB, EAR SWAB

CONTAINER: BACTERIAL CULTURE TRANSPORT SWAB

TRANSPORT: ROOM TEMPERATURE

SUBMIT WITHIN 72 HOURS

THROAT, BETA-HEMOLYTIC STREPCULTURE, GROUP A

SPECIMEN: 1 OR 2 SWABS FROM MATERIAL FROM POSTERIOR PHARYNX, TONSILS, OR OTHER INFLAMED AREA.

CONTAINER: BACTERIAL SWAB TRANSPORT CONTAINING AMIES GEL (PREFERRED) OR DOUBLE DRY DACRON SWAB BOTH TONSILLAR PILLARS AND THE

OROPHARYNX SHOULD BE SWABBED DO…

STREP GP B CULTURE/DNA PROBE

SPECIMEN: OBTAIN ONE OR TWO SWABS USING EITHER A RED CAP, AMIES LIQUID TRANSPORT MEDIUM SWAB OR BLUE CAP, AMIES GEL MEDIUM SWAB OF THE

VAGINAL INTROITUS AND THE ANORECTUM AS RECOMMENDED BY THE CDC.

CONTAINER: ONE TRANSPORT SWAB…

GENITAL CULTURE, ROUTINE

SPECIMEN: 1ML BODY FLUID

CONTAINER TYPE: CULTURE SWAB

MINIMUM VOLUME: 1 ML

TRANSPORT: ROOM TEMPERATURE

SPECIMEN: SWAB OF VAGINA, CERVIX, DISCHARGE, ASPIRATED ENDOCERVICAL, ENDOMETRIAL, PROSTATIC FLUID, OR URETHRAL DISCHARGE. USE SWAB TO INOCULATE JEMBEC FOR TRANSPORT TO THE LABORATORY AND …

FUNGUS (MYCOLOGY) CULTURE

SPECIMEN: 1ML; BODY FLUID

CONTAINER TYPE: STERILE CONTAINER

MINIMUM VOLUME: 1ML

TRANSPORT: REFRIGERATE

 

SPECIMEN: 0.5ML; TISSUE

CONTAINER TYPE: STERILE CONTAINER

MINIMUM VOLUME: 0.5 ML

TRANSPORT: REFRIGERATE

 

SPECIMEN: 1ML; SWAB

CONTAINER TYPE: SWAB

MINIMUM VOLUME: 1 ML

TRANSPORT: REFRIGERATE…

BETA STREP GP A, CULTURE

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

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

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.…