Microbiology Specimen Collection Device Descriptions
ANAEROBIC TRANSPORT MEDIA (Swabs are not recommended)
- Tissue specimens: (BBL Port-A-Cul)
- Aspirate, Biopsy, Fluid Specimens: (Anaerobic Systems Anaerobic Transport Medium)
- Fluids Submitted in syringe with needle removed and capped is also acceptable
AEROBIC CULTURES for abscesses, wounds and tissue and routine cultures
- Tissue: submit in sterile container
- Wound or abscess:
- Fluids and aspirates: Submit in syringe with needle removed and capped or in a sterile tube
- BBL CultureSwab or BD Regular ESwab
- Vaginal/Rectal screen for Gp. B Streptococcus, and Yeast screen: BBL CultureSwab
BLOOD CULTURE OR VASCULAR ACCESS DEVICE
- Peds Aerobic Bottle (pink) (< or = 28 pounds)
- Aerobic Bottle (blue) (> 28 pounds)
- Anaerobic Bottle (purple) (> 28 pounds)
BLOOD CULTURE CATHETER RELATED SEPSIS ONLY
- Peds Isolator Tube (< or = 80 pounds)
- Isolator Tube (> 80 pounds)
BLOOD CULTURE FUNGUS OR MYCOBACTERIA
- Adult >80 pounds: Isolator (10 mL blood)
- Patients <80 pounds: Peds Isolator (1.5 mL)
CHLAMYDIA AND N. GOHORRHOEAE DETECTION BY AMPLIFIED MOLECULAR METHOD
- Female
- Vaginal: Aptima® vaginal swab
- Urine: sterile collection cup, first stream collection
- PAP: ThinPrep vial
- Male
- Urine: Sterile collection cup
CHLAMYDIA FROM NON-GENITAL SITES
- BD Universal Viral Transport
CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN
- Stool Collection Container: Container fits over the toilet to collect stool or sterile specimen container
GONORRHEA CULTURE FROM NON-GENITAL SITES
- Female: BBL CultureSwab Plus with charcoal (Regular swab)
- Male Urethral: BBL CultureSwab Plus with charcoal (Urethral swab)
- Non-Genital sites: CultureSwab Plus with charcoal (Regular swab)
HELICOBACTER PYLORI ANTIGEN
- Stool Collection Container: Container fits over the toilet to collect stool or sterile specimen container
OVA AND PARASITE, CRYPTOSPORIDIA AND GIARDIA
- Total Fix preservative vial (black cap)
- Stool Collection Container: Container fits over the toilet to collect stool which will be placed in the transport vials listed above.
PERTUSSIS
- BD ESwab Nasopharyngeal swab (Green top)
PIN WORM
STOOL CULTURE
- Para-Pak C&S (Salmon top)
- Stool Collection Container: Container fits over the toilet to collect stool which will be placed in the transport vial listed above.
TRICHOMONAS
- Urine transported to lab within 24 hours of collection
- Genital swabs placed into Aptima vaginal or unisex collection devices
VAGINITIS PANEL
- Aptima vaginal swab (Panel includes testing for Bacterial Vaginosis, Candida Vaginitis and Trichomonas vaginalis)
VIRUS DETECTION
- BD Universal Viral Transport for Molecular testing and culture