Collection Requirements

Call 583-6755 to order special fungal collection kit.

Indicate source

Special insructions:

1.Skin scrapping, 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. Sputum or other body fluids that may be too thick to observe microscopically need to be collected in the normal manner for these fluids.

Submit all specimens within 2 hours of collection.