Fluids, aspirates, stool, urine, device/hardware, tissue in 4oz. Ster. Cont. Swab in Liquid Amies E-swab transport - Workday #129841. Transport Ster. Cont. without preservative as soon as possible to lab.
Ster. Cont.
Workday #129841
Minimum Collection Volume
Fluid samples: 0.5mL
Acceptable Specimen Collect Alternatives
Standard dacron/polyester (LQ STUART) swab - Workday #135008
Room Temp Sterile body fluids and tissue: 1 hour. Swabs and non-sterile specimens: 24 hours.
Notes
Specimen source required. Call Diagnostic Infections Diseases Testing Laboratory 513-636-8144 for culture agar media. Eye (ocular) sites: Acceptable media-- Sabhi agar plate. Fungal stain not available as orderable test. Material or fluid from any site except blood/bone marrow: Order Fungal Blood Culture for blood/bone marrow collection. Skin scrapings collected for Dermatophyte Screen/Culture: order as Dermatophyte Screen or Dermatophyte Culture.
Detect fungi (yeast, mould) in clinical specimens other than blood/bone marrow.
Synonyms
Culture, Fungal
Culture, Yeast
Culture, Mould
C Fun
Tests Included
Fungal culture
Methodology
Culture/Identification/Susceptibilities, as appropriate.
Reported
Preliminary at 24 hours
Final at 4 weeks
Positive cultures reported as soon as detected
Reference Interval
No Fungus isolated.
CPT Codes
87102
Collection
Collect
Fluids, aspirates, stool, urine, device/hardware, tissue in 4oz. Ster. Cont. Swab in Liquid Amies E-swab transport - Workday #129841. Transport Ster. Cont. without preservative as soon as possible to lab.
Ster. Cont.
Workday #129841
Minimum Collection Volume
Fluid samples: 0.5mL
Acceptable Specimen Collect Alternatives
Standard dacron/polyester (LQ STUART) swab - Workday #135008
Room Temp Sterile body fluids and tissue: 1 hour. Swabs and non-sterile specimens: 24 hours.
Notes
Specimen source required. Call Diagnostic Infections Diseases Testing Laboratory 513-636-8144 for culture agar media. Eye (ocular) sites: Acceptable media-- Sabhi agar plate. Fungal stain not available as orderable test. Material or fluid from any site except blood/bone marrow: Order Fungal Blood Culture for blood/bone marrow collection. Skin scrapings collected for Dermatophyte Screen/Culture: order as Dermatophyte Screen or Dermatophyte Culture.
