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HelpTest Code BDYFLD Culture, Body Fluid
Methodology
Conventional Culture
Includes Gram stain, isolation, and identification of aerobic and
anaerobic organisms. Susceptibility testing will be performed on
all significant aerobic organisms.
Performing Laboratory
St. Clair Hospital Laboratory
Specimen Requirements
Fluid from any normally sterile body site (eg, pericardial,
peritoneal, synovial, or thoracentesis) collected as follows:
1. Aseptically collect 1 mL to 5 mL of fluid by needle
aspiration or at time of surgery.
2. Inject specimen into a screw-capped, sterile container or a
plain, glass, red-top tube.
3. Maintain sterility and forward promptly at ambient temperature
only.
Note: Specimen source is required on request
form for processing.
Reference Values
No growth of pathogenic organisms
Test Classification and CPT Coding
Monday through Sunday