Printable Test Catalog - OU Medicine

SPECIMEN REQUIRED: Aseptically drawn whole blood at room
temperature;
Invert several times to prevent clotting
TUBE OR CONTAINER: Isolator tube
SPECIAL HANDLING: Do NOT refrigerate or incubate Isolator;
Deliver to lab for processing within 8 hours;
Isolator blood cultures may be ordered for
different organisms (bacteria, AFB, and
fungus); Collect separate tube for each order
Order only on immunocompromised patients
SPECIMEN VOLUME: 10 ml
MINIMUM VOLUME: 5 mL
TEST AVAILABILITY: Daily
TURNAROUND TIME: 3 weeks
Isolator blood cultures for fungus are held
21 days for the recovery of Yeast (fungus)
REFERENCE RANGE: No growth
All positive cultures are called to physician
METHODOLOGY: Culture
CLINICAL USE: Isolate and identify yeast (fungus)
CPT: 87103
[CULBLDISO] Blood Cultures: Isolator
SPECIMEN REQUIRED: Aseptically drawn whole blood at room
temperature;
TUBE OR CONTAINER: Isolator tube
SPECIAL HANDLING: Do NOT refrigerate or incubate Isolator;
Deliver to lab for processing within 8 hours;
Order only on immunocompromised patients
ORDERING MODULE: MIC
SPECIMEN VOLUME: 10 mL
TEST INCLUDES: AFB, Bartonella and fungus culture of blood
TEST AVAILABILITY: Daily
TURNAROUND TIME: 3 weeks; all positive cultures are called to
referring physician
REFERENCE RANGE: No growth
METHODOLOGY: Culture
CLINICAL USE: Isolate and identify pathogenic organisms
CPT: 87040
[CULBLDISOL] Blood Culture: Isolator
SPECIMEN REQUIRED: Aseptically drawn whole blood at room
temperature;
TUBE OR CONTAINER: Isolator tube
SPECIAL HANDLING: Do NOT refrigerate or incubate Isolator;
Deliver to lab for processing within 8 hours;
Isolator blood cultures are ordered to detect
fastidious organisms (bacteria, AFB, and
fungus);
Order only on immunocompromised patients
SPECIMEN VOLUME: 10 ml