FECAL WBC
Name: FECAL WBC
Mnemonic: WBCS
Container: STERILE SPECIMEN CONTAINER
Handling: Specimen: Unpreserved stool in clean, dry container
O&P PVA vial Unacceptable conditions: Leaking containers, unpreserved stool older than 1 hour. Stability: Unpreserved: Ambient: 1 hour
PVA: Ambient: Indefinite Stats may be ordered on fresh specimen, TAT is one hour.
Reported: Once a day Mon-Fri; Stat unpreserved stool 1 hour.
CPT: 89055
Department: Microbiology
Note: Avoid contact with urine.