Printable Test Catalog - OU Medicine

SPECIMEN REQUIRED: Sputum or swab
COLLECTION:
1. Have patient rinse and gargle with water prior to sputum
collection; Collect a deeply coughed sputum in a sterile
screw cap container or
2. Collect a deep throat swab in a culture swab
TUBE OR CONTAINER: Sterile container or culture swab
SPECIAL HANDLING: CF patients require a specialized set of
culture media and workup for identification
of pathogens common to their population
ORDERING MODULE: MIC
TEST INCLUDES: Culture and gram stain
TEST AVAILABILITY: Daily
TURNAROUND TIME: 5 days
REFERENCE RANGE: No growth
METHODOLOGY: Culture
CLINICAL USE: Isolate and identify pathogenic organisms
CPT: 87205; 87070
[CULCSF] CSF Cult & Gram Stain
SPECIMEN REQUIRED: Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) at room temperature
TUBE OR CONTAINER: Sterile tube
SPECIAL HANDLING: Do NOT refrigerate
Deliver to lab immediately
ORDERING MODULE: MIC
SPECIMEN VOLUME: 5 mL
MINIMUM VOLUME: 1 mL
TEST INCLUDES: Gram stain and culture
TEST AVAILABILITY: Daily
TURNAROUND TIME: 3 days
REFERENCE RANGE: No growth
METHODOLOGY: Culture
CPT: 87205; 87070
[CULCVP] CVP Catheter Tip Culture
SPECIMEN REQUIRED: Central line catheter tip
TUBE OR CONTAINER: Sterile container
SPECIAL HANDLING: Foley catheter specimens are not acceptable
and will be rejected; Other non-vascular
catheters may be submitted as a "Culture,
Device"
Indicate source (body site or type of
catheter)
ORDERING MODULE: MIC
SPECIMEN VOLUME: Last two inches of catheter tip
TEST AVAILABILITY: Daily
TURNAROUND TIME: 3 days
REFERENCE RANGE: No growth
METHODOLOGY: Semiquantitative roll-tip method is performed
CLINICAL USE: Isolate and identify pathogenic organisms
CPT: 87070