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Test Code BFCS Body Fluid Cult & Gram Stain

Test Performed By

Cayuga Medical Center, Main Laboratory

Container Name

Sterile Container (STER CONT)

Day(s) and Time(s) Test Performed

Monday through Sunday; Continuously

List Price

$143.00 Identification and susceptibility will be done, as applicable, with an extra charge

Temperature

Refrigerated

Specimen Collection Instructions

Submit in sterile container. Transport to lab as soon as possible. Refrigerate if delayed transport. Do not send syringe with needle to laboratory. If scant specimen in syringe cannot be expelled into sterile container,
dispose of needle and replace with sterile plastic cap before transporting to lab.

Clinical and Interpretive

This assay is used in identifying the bacteria responsible for infections of sterile body fluids, tissues, or wounds.

Sterile Body Fluids and Normally Sterile Tissues:
In response to infection, fluid may accumulate in any body cavity.

Wound, Abscess, Exudates:
Skin and soft tissue infections can occur as a result of a break in the skin surface, or they can occur as complications of surgery, trauma, human, animal, or insect bites, or diseases that interrupt a mucosal or skin surface. Specimen collection is of utmost importance for these specimen types. For most open lesions and abscesses, remove the superficial flora by decontaminating the skin before collecting a specimen from the advancing margin or base. A closed abscess is the specimen site of choice. Aspirate the abscess contents with a syringe.

Any microorganism found where no resident flora is present is considered significant and is reported. For specimens contaminated with the usual bacterial flora, bacteria that are potentially pathogenic are identified.