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Culture/Identification
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Sun-Sat
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| Reported: |
Within 2 days
Preliminary: 1 day
Final: Negative at 2 days
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| Specimen Required: |
Collect: Midstream urine, catheter, cystoscopic, or suprapubic urine.
Specimen Preparation: Transfer urine to a sterile container or boric acid transport tube. (Min: 1 mL).
Storage/Transport Temperature: Unpreserved: Refrigerated.
Boric Acid Transport Tube: Room temperature.
Remarks: Specimen source required. Indicate if specimen was collected by invasive method.
Gram stain is performed by request only.
Results indicate colony count plus identification of significant isolates.
Unacceptable Conditions: Urine from catheter bag. Multiple (more than one in 24 hours), 24-hour, or pooled specimens. Foley catheter tips (syringe with needle attached). Delayed transport of unpreserved urine (greater than two hours at room temperature or greater than 24 hours refrigerated).
Stability (collection to initiation of testing): Unpreserved: Ambient: 2 hours; Refrigerated: 24 hours; Frozen: Unacceptable.
Boric Acid Tube: Ambient: 48 hours; Refrigerated: 48 hours; Frozen: Unacceptable.
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