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Test Code LAB271 Comprehensive Tissue Culture

Performing Lab

Arnot Ogden Medical Center

Ordering Recommendations

Detection and identification of aerobic and facultatively anaerobic bacterial agents of invasively collected samples of deep organs and tissues.

  • Gram stain is included in this culture order.
  • Susceptibility testing is performed on significant isolates.
  • This test will identify bacterial agents, both aerobic and anaerobic.  It does not identify viral, parasitic, or fungal agents of infection.

Collect

  • Tissue
  • Bone

Collection Device

Sterile Container

Stability (from collection to initiation)

Transport to the laboratory ASAP.  To avoid drying, cover with sterile saline if necessary.

Storage/Transport Temperature

Room Temperature

Methodology

Conventional Culture

Start Date

9/13/2017

Last Review Date

06/15/2026

Specimen Handling

Room Temperature

Collection Instructions

  • Remove superficial flora by decontaminating the skin before collecting a specimen from advancing margins or base.
  • Place tissue in a sterile container. 

Notes

  • Gram stain is included in this culture order.
  • Susceptibility testing is performed on significant isolates.
  • This test will only identify aerobic agents of bacterial infection.  It does not identify viral, parasitic, or fungal agents of infection.