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 RECOVERY OF NEISSERIA.

GONORRHEA; SWAB SHOULD ALSO BE SENT IN TRANSPORT DEVICE. SAMPLES RECEIVED GREATER THAN 48 HOURS AFTER COLLECTION MAY GIVE VARIABLE RESULTS.