Collect

2-5g of liquid or soft stool in Yellow Parapak. Rectal Swab in Standard dacron/polyester (LQ STUART) swab- Workday #135008.

Do not send formed stool, diapers, duodenal fluid, ileostomy fluid, or stool mixed with urine. 


Yellow Parapak
  

Workday #135008

Minimum Collection Volume

1.0 gram

Acceptable Specimen Collect Alternatives

4 OZ Ster Cont



Dry Sterile Foam Tip Swab - Workday #132575

 

 

Orange Parapak

Shipping/Handling Instructions (Lab Use Only)

Refrigerate

Stability (from collection to initiation)

Room Temp: Stool in 4oz. Ster Cont. 2 hours. Stool in Yellow Parapak 3 days. Rectal Swab 3 days.
Refrigerate: 5 days

Notes

Testing not indicated on patients hospitalized >= 3 days. Exceptions require lab medical director on call approval.

Performing Lab

Diagnostic Infectious Diseases Testing Laboratory 513-636-8144

Performed

Sun-Sat

Unacceptable Conditions

Diapers

Duodenal or ileostomy fluid

Stool mixed with urine in specimen container

Units of Measure

See Reference Interval

Synonyms

  • Enteric Bacterial Pathogens (EBP)
  • Stool Molecular (formerly Stool Culture)
  • Bacterial Stool Molecular (formerly Stool Culture)

Tests Included

Nucleic acid detection of:

  • Salmonella
  • Shigella
  • Campylobacter
  • E.coli-Shiga-toxin 1 and 2

Methodology

PCR based nucleic acid detection of specific enteric bacterial pathogens (EBP).

Reported

1 Day

 

Reference Interval

Negative

CPT Codes

87505
Collection

Collect

2-5g of liquid or soft stool in Yellow Parapak. Rectal Swab in Standard dacron/polyester (LQ STUART) swab- Workday #135008.

Do not send formed stool, diapers, duodenal fluid, ileostomy fluid, or stool mixed with urine. 


Yellow Parapak
  

Workday #135008

Minimum Collection Volume

1.0 gram

Acceptable Specimen Collect Alternatives

4 OZ Ster Cont



Dry Sterile Foam Tip Swab - Workday #132575

 

 

Orange Parapak

Shipping/Handling Instructions (Lab Use Only)

Refrigerate

Stability (from collection to initiation)

Room Temp: Stool in 4oz. Ster Cont. 2 hours. Stool in Yellow Parapak 3 days. Rectal Swab 3 days.
Refrigerate: 5 days

Notes

Testing not indicated on patients hospitalized >= 3 days. Exceptions require lab medical director on call approval.

Performing Lab

Diagnostic Infectious Diseases Testing Laboratory 513-636-8144

Performed

Sun-Sat

Unacceptable Conditions

Diapers

Duodenal or ileostomy fluid

Stool mixed with urine in specimen container

Units of Measure

See Reference Interval
Ordering

Synonyms

  • Enteric Bacterial Pathogens (EBP)
  • Stool Molecular (formerly Stool Culture)
  • Bacterial Stool Molecular (formerly Stool Culture)

Tests Included

Nucleic acid detection of:

  • Salmonella
  • Shigella
  • Campylobacter
  • E.coli-Shiga-toxin 1 and 2

Methodology

PCR based nucleic acid detection of specific enteric bacterial pathogens (EBP).

Reported

1 Day

 

Result Interpretation

Reference Interval

Negative

Laboratory Personnel Use

CPT Codes

87505

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