STOOL CULTURE
Name: STOOL CULTURE
Mnemonic: STC
Container: Clean, dry container; Carey-blair transport vial; rectal swab
Handling: Specimen: Unpreserved stool specimen in a clean dry container; Carey-blair transport vial; Rectal swab with visible stool in culturette with wet sponge. Unacceptable conditions: Leaking containers, multiple samples within 24 hours, dry specimens, unpreserved specimens older than 1 hour Stability: Unpreserved Ambient: 1 hour
Carey-blair transport vial Ambient: 3 days
Component: STOOL CULTURE
CHARGE STOOL ADDITIONAL PLATE
CHARGE STOOL ADDITIONAL PLATE2
EHEC (Shiga toxins)
Methodology: Standard culture procedures; EIA for Shiga toxins
Reported: Preliminary 1 day; final 2 days
CPT: 87427,87045,87046 x2
Department: Microbiology