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For hours, walk-ins and appointments.Routine Microbiology
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Source, Transport, or Apparent Specimen Received |
Incorrect Test Requested or Written Request |
Default Action (Change) |
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Aerobic isolate |
Organism Identification, Bacteria 008664 and Susceptibility Testing, Aerobic and Facultatively Anaerobic Organisms 008680 |
182261 − Aerobic Identification and Susceptibility |
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Aerobic isolate |
Any culture request (eg, 008649, 008847, etc) |
182261 − Aerobic Identification and Susceptibility |
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Affirm™ transport |
No test requested or incorrect test requested |
180026 − Vaginitis/Vaginosis, DNA Probe |
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Any genital source (eg, vaginal, cervical, penis) |
008649 |
008334 − Genital Culture, Routine |
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Aptima® swab transport |
Vaginitis/Vaginosis, DNA Probe 180026 |
180039 − Vaginitis (VG), NuSwab® |
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Bacterial swab or anaerobic transport |
Aerobic and Anaerobic Culture or Anaerobic Culture with a request for Aerobic Bacterial Culture, General 008649 |
008003 − Anaerobic and Aerobic Culture |
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Bacterial swab or anaerobic transport |
Anaerobic culture |
008904 − Anaerobic Culture |
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Bacterial swab or material in sterile cup consistent with the source |
Eye, conjunctiva, ocular, cornea, or other ocular source |
008649 − Aerobic Bacterial Culture, General |
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Bacterial swab or material in sterile cup consistent with the source |
Genital, vaginal, cervical, penis, penile, or other genital source |
008334 − Genital Culture, Routine |
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Bacterial swab or material in sterile cup consistent with the source |
Nasal, nares, nasopharyngeal, NP, ear, throat, or other upper respiratory source |
008342 − Upper Respiratory Culture, Routine |
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Bacterial swab or material in sterile cup consistent with the source |
Wound, ulcer, or abscess |
008649 − Aerobic Bacterial Culture, General |
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Bacterial swab or material in stool culture vial consistent with the source |
Stool, feces, or rectal, or 008649 |
008144 − Stool Culture |
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Bacterial swab for Streptococcus |
Streptococcus, Group A Strep, GAS, S pyogenes |
008169 − β-Hemolytic Streptococcus Culture, Group A Only |
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Bacterial swab with gel transport media |
182445, 180786, or Rapid Strep |
008169 − β-Hemolytic Streptococcus Culture, Group A Only |
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Bacterial swab with transport media; source: vaginal or vaginal/rectal |
GBS, Group B Strep, or 018804 − β Strep (Group B) Antigen |
188130 − Group B Strep Colonization Detection Culture |
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Bacterial swab without transport media (DRY); source: throat |
Throat culture, 008649, 008342, GAS, Group A Strep, Streptococcus, Strep, or no test requested |
008169 − β-Hemolytic Streptococcus Culture, Group A Only |
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Blood bottles with blood |
Blood Culture or 008649 or no test requested |
008300 − Blood Culture, Routine |
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Blood bottles without obvious blood |
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180802 − Body Fluid Culture, Sterile, Routine |
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Bordetellaculture transport |
No test requested or incorrect test requested |
180224 − Bordetella pertussis, Nasopharyngeal Culture |
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Breath sample bags (blue and pink) |
No test requested or H pylori |
180836 − Helicobacter pyloriUrea Breath Test |
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Eye |
008342 |
008649 − Aerobic Bacterial Culture, General |
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iFOBT |
No test requested or test requested for occult blood |
182949 − Occult Blood, Fecal, Immunoassay |
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Jembec |
No test requested or GC culture |
008128 − GC (Neisseria gonorrhoeae) Culture Only |
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QuantiFERON®-TB Gold Plus In-Tube collection kit |
No test requested |
182879 − QuantiFERON®-TB Gold Plus |
| Sputum in sterile cup | 180815 [lower respiratory culture (other than expectorated sputum)], 008342 [upper respiratory culture, routine], 008649 [Aerobic bacterial culture], Aerobic Culture. | 182352 – Gram stain evaluation with sputum culture reflex |
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Sterile body fluid |
Anaerobic and Aerobic Culture 008003 |
183474 − Body Fluid Culture: Aerobic and Anaerobic Bacterial Culture |
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Sterile body fluid |
Anaerobic and Aerobic Culture and Gram Stain 183111 |
183473 − Body Fluid Culture: Aerobic and Anaerobic Bacterial Culture and Gram Stain |
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Sterile body fluid |
Aerobic Bacterial Culture, General 008649 |
180802 −Body Fluid Culture, Sterile, Routine |
| Source Nares: Bacterial swab with gel transport media, or bacterial swab in liquid Amies media. Source Axilla or Groin: Any bacterial swab transport. | 182956 or MRSA PCR |
183467- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Colonization Screening Culture |
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Stool |
C difficile or C difficile Toxin |
086207 − Clostridium difficileToxins A and B, EIA |
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Stool |
Gram Stain or 008540 |
008656 − White Blood Cells (WBC), Stool |
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Stool |
Helicobacter pylori or H pylori Culture 180885 |
180764 − Helicobacter pyloriStool Antigen |
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Stool in orange Para-Pak C&S vial |
No test requested or stool culture or 008649 |
008144 − Stool Culture |
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Stool in sterile cup |
Clostridium difficile Toxigenic Culture 188045 |
086207 − Clostridium difficileToxins A and B, EIA |
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Throat |
008649 or throat culture or no test requested |
008342 − Upper Respiratory Culture, Routine |
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Tissue |
Anaerobic and Aerobic Culture 008003 |
183476 − Tissue Culture: Aerobic and Anaerobic Bacterial Culture |
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Tissue |
Anaerobic and Aerobic Culture and Gram Stain 183111 |
Tissue Culture: Aerobic and Anaerobic Bacterial Culture 183476 and Gram Stain 008540 |
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Tissue |
Aerobic Bacterial Culture, General 008649 |
180787 − Tissue Culture |
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Uricult/Bacticult with bacterial growth |
Urine culture or 008847 or 008086 |
188755 − ID and Susceptibility, Urine |
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Uricult/Bacticult without bacterial growth |
Urine culture or 008847 or 008086 |
182980 − Urine Kit Culture |
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Urine in gray-top C&S Vacutainer® or sterile cup |
Urine culture or 008649 |
008847 − Urine Culture, Routine |