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Test Code ANAC Culture, Anaerobic/Aerobic Bacteria

Important Note

Specimen Types NOT ACCEPTED:

  • Catheter tips
  • Hardware
  • Oral wounds or tissue
  • Respiratory, including BAL, ET aspirate, NP swab, oral or throat swabs
  • Saliva
  • Stool (feces)
  • Swabs not in anaerobic transport media
  • Swabs received in oxidized (blue) anaerobe transport medium
  • Vaginal
  • Urine

Specimen and Container/Tube

Tissue, fluid or aspirate

Use of swabs is strongly discouraged.

Anaerobic transport tubes available from Microbiology lab if in-house (call 773-702-6133) or order through Oracle #131524. A red vacutainer tube can be used for larger volumes.

Specimen Handling and Transport Instructions

Transpot Instructions

See UCMC Collection Instructions

Rejection Criteria

Whole blood/unspun samples greater than 6 hours will be rejected.

Reference Values

Negative

Critical Values

 

All positive  culture

 

 

 

 

All

Turnaround Time

Gram stain only: Results within 1 hour of receipt in Microbiology lab, if requested STAT.

Day(s) Performed

24/7

STAT DAY(S) AND TIME(S) PERFORMED

Available

CPT Codes

87070, 87075, 87205

LOINC Codes

30087070, 30687075, 30687205

Collection Instructions

Offsite Collection Instructions

See UCMC Collection Instructions

UCMC Collection Instructions

Specimen Type: Tissue or Fluid only. Swabs are strongly discouraged.

Specimen Volume and Container: Anaerobic transport tube available from the Microbiology lab, call 773-702-6133. Vacutainer tube.
Specimen Transport: 24 hr, no refrigeration
 

See Microbiology Specimen Collection:
 

  • See category “Anaerobe”, Table 1 BACTERIOLOGY, CHLAMYDIA, MYCOBACTERIOLOGY (AFB), MYCOLOGY, VIROLOGY

Test Components

Gram stain

Aerobic culture

Anaerobic culture

Methodology

Conventional Aerobic and Anaerobic Media

Synonyms/Search Keywords

Anaerobic Culture

Last Reviewed Date

08/12/2022

Additional Information

Swabs are unacceptable unless tissue or aspirate is not obtainable.
If sending tissue, do not push tissue into agar media of tube.