UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital Clinical Laboratory - Microbiology (BSL3)
Collect
Respiratory specimens, tissue, body fluids, exudates, urine, fungus for ident. skin, hair, or nail.
5mL fluid, exudate, tissue, respiratory or scrapings in a sterile container.
Stool samples are not acceptable for fungal culture.
Unacceptable Conditions
Specimens collected on swabs without prior consultation with the laboratory; specimens not properly identified; insufficient sample volume; incorrect container.
Storage/Transport Temperature
Internal: Deliver to lab immediately. Offsite: Refrigerate and transport to the laboratory within one day.
Performed
Daily
Stability (from collection to initiation)
Transport immediately to the laboratory.
Remarks
Specimens will be cultured for yeast and moulds. The presence of significant or obligate pathogens will be called to the physician. Please request suspected organisms on the initial order or requisition.
Susceptibility testing is performed on all Candida species isolates from significant sterile sites. Susceptibility on moulds requires Infectious Disease Service or Medical Director approval (research tests only).
Media for direct inoculation of skin or corneal scrapings can be obtained from the laboratory.
Notes
Identification and susceptibility tests are billed separately from the culture.
Performed
Daily
Methodology
Fungus Culture
Reported
Varies
Synonyms
LAB240
C FUNGUS
FUNGAL CULTURE
CFUN
EPIC Code
LAB240
CFUN
CPT Codes
87102
Collection
EPIC Code
LAB240
CFUN
Performing Lab
UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital Clinical Laboratory - Microbiology (BSL3)
Collect
Respiratory specimens, tissue, body fluids, exudates, urine, fungus for ident. skin, hair, or nail.
5mL fluid, exudate, tissue, respiratory or scrapings in a sterile container.
Stool samples are not acceptable for fungal culture.
Unacceptable Conditions
Specimens collected on swabs without prior consultation with the laboratory; specimens not properly identified; insufficient sample volume; incorrect container.
Storage/Transport Temperature
Internal: Deliver to lab immediately. Offsite: Refrigerate and transport to the laboratory within one day.
Performed
Daily
Stability (from collection to initiation)
Transport immediately to the laboratory.
Remarks
Specimens will be cultured for yeast and moulds. The presence of significant or obligate pathogens will be called to the physician. Please request suspected organisms on the initial order or requisition.
Susceptibility testing is performed on all Candida species isolates from significant sterile sites. Susceptibility on moulds requires Infectious Disease Service or Medical Director approval (research tests only).
Media for direct inoculation of skin or corneal scrapings can be obtained from the laboratory.
Notes
Identification and susceptibility tests are billed separately from the culture.
