Midstream urine, Foley catheter, cystoscopic, or suprapubic urine. Place all urines into a gray top vacutainer tube using the vacutainerurine collection and transport kit within 1 hour of collection.. Do not add urine to gray top vacutainer tube if volume is below the minimum fill line. If this situation occurs as well as a delay in transport, the urine sample must be refrigerated.
Unacceptable Conditions
Nonsterile or leaking containers, multiple specimens (more than one in 24 hours), 24-hour or pooled specimens, delayed transport to the lab (greater 48 hours if collected in boric acid), urine collected from Foley catheter bag, Foley catheter tips.
Storage/Transport Temperature
Gray top vacutainer tube room temperature at 20-25°C. The lyphilized urine maintainence formula can maintain the urine specimen for a period of 48 hours at room temperature.
Please note collection method (ie clean catch). A colony count of any potential pathogen and sensitivity (if warranted by the identification and colony count) will automatically be performed.
Additional Information
** If gram stain is requested:
1. Make a comment on urine culture order in Pathnet that a gram stain is requested
2. Note on urine culture Pathnet label that a gram stain is requested.
Performed
Daily, 0700-2100
Methodology
Standard reference procedures for aerobic bacterial culture and identification
Reported
Within 24-48 hours
Synonyms
gram stain
urine gram stain
Department
Microbiology
Interpretive Data
Significant isolates will reflex to identification (per isolate) and susceptibility testing (per isolate).
CPT Codes
87086
If reflexed; 87088, 87077, 87186 (MIC), 87184 (Disk)
Collection
Collect
Midstream urine, Foley catheter, cystoscopic, or suprapubic urine. Place all urines into a gray top vacutainer tube using the vacutainerurine collection and transport kit within 1 hour of collection.. Do not add urine to gray top vacutainer tube if volume is below the minimum fill line. If this situation occurs as well as a delay in transport, the urine sample must be refrigerated.
Unacceptable Conditions
Nonsterile or leaking containers, multiple specimens (more than one in 24 hours), 24-hour or pooled specimens, delayed transport to the lab (greater 48 hours if collected in boric acid), urine collected from Foley catheter bag, Foley catheter tips.
Storage/Transport Temperature
Gray top vacutainer tube room temperature at 20-25°C. The lyphilized urine maintainence formula can maintain the urine specimen for a period of 48 hours at room temperature.
Please note collection method (ie clean catch). A colony count of any potential pathogen and sensitivity (if warranted by the identification and colony count) will automatically be performed.
Additional Information
** If gram stain is requested:
1. Make a comment on urine culture order in Pathnet that a gram stain is requested
2. Note on urine culture Pathnet label that a gram stain is requested.
Ordering
Performed
Daily, 0700-2100
Methodology
Standard reference procedures for aerobic bacterial culture and identification
Reported
Within 24-48 hours
Synonyms
gram stain
urine gram stain
Department
Microbiology
Result Interpretation
Interpretive Data
Significant isolates will reflex to identification (per isolate) and susceptibility testing (per isolate).
Administrative
CPT Codes
87086
If reflexed; 87088, 87077, 87186 (MIC), 87184 (Disk)
