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Test Code TIPCUL Culture, Catheter Tip

Methodology

Conventional Culture
Includes aerobic culture and susceptibility testing of various types of catheter tips.

Performing Laboratory

St. Clair Hospital Laboratory

Specimen Requirements

1. Submit catheter tip in a screw-capped, sterile container. Avoid contamination with normal flora from skin or other body surfaces. (Urinary catheter tip is not acceptable.)

2. Maintain sterility and forward promptly.
Note:  Type of catheter tip is required on request form for processing.

Reference Values

No growth
Bacterial isolates in numbers >15 colonies/mL will be identified and susceptibility testing done.

Day(s) Test Set Up

Monday through Sunday