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Test Code LAB12007 Fungus Culture

Department

MICROBIOLOGY

Collection Requirements

Call 583-6755 for special fungal collection kit. Indicate source.

Special insructions:

1.Skin scraping, wash infected area wih 70% alcohol (or sterile water if the lesion is tender or painful) to remove surface contaminants. Scrape active border of the lesion with a sterile blade and place in a sterile container. The top of vesicular lesions may be removed by small curved manicure scissors or with a scalpel and placed in a sterile container.

2.Nail scraping, collect scrapings or nail clippings near the bed of the nail and place in a sterile container.

3.Hair, pluck out the basal portion of the hair with tweezers as the fungi is found in this area and place in a sterile container.

4. Urine, early morning, clean catch, mid-stream specimen.

5. CSF, collected in the same manner as other CSF specimens and transported in a sterile CSF collection tube.

6. Sputum, first morning specimen, collected in the same manner as other sputum specimens.

7. Tissue/Abcess/Pus, collected by physician unless easily obained, placed in a sterile container.

Submit all specimens within 2 hours of collection.

Primary Collection Container

Sterile Container

Transport

Refrigerated

Preferred Transport Temperature

Refrigerated

Processing

None

Stability

Refrigerated: 24 hours

Minimum Testing Volume

5.0 mL

Reference Range

No Growth

Methodology

Culture

Performed

Sunday – Saturday

6:00 am – 11:00 pm

Reported

6 weeks

CPT Codes

87102; Identification and susceptability tests may be billed separately from culture.

Unacceptable Conditions

Specimens delayed in transit.

Pooled urine or sputum.

24 hour urine specimens are not acceptable.