CAMPYLOBACTER SCREEN
Name: CAMPYLOBACTER SCREEN
Mnemonic: CAMPY
Container: CLEAN DRY CONTAINER / CAREY-BLAIR TRANSPORT VIAL
Handling: Specimen: Unpreserved stool specimen in clean dry container; Carey-blair transport vial. Unacceptable conditions: Leaking containers, unpreserved specimens older than 1 hour Stability: Unpreserved Ambient: 1 hour
Carey-blair transport vial Ambient: 3 days
Methodology: Standard culture procedures
Reported: Preliminary 1 day; final 2 days
CPT: 87081
Department: Microbiology