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| 60395:BONE MARROW CULTURE AND GRAM STAIN | |||||||||
| Alias Names: | BM/SM Culture, BM Culture | ||||||||
| Methodology: | Culture | ||||||||
| Edit Date: | 3/17/2009 | ||||||||
| Performed: | Daily | ||||||||
| Released: | Isolator tube: Preliminary at 24 hours; final at 4 weeks. Other containers: Preliminary at 2, 4, and 6 days or as soon as positive is detected. Final at 7 days. | ||||||||
| CPT Code: | 87070 / 87205 | ||||||||
| Specimen Collection Details | |||||||||
| Collection: | Bone marrow aspirate in a sterile plastic container, red top vacutainer tube, or a 1.5 mL Isolator tube, available from Client Services. Collect bone marrow biopsy material in a sterile plastic container. Use sterile technique. Do not refrigerate. | ||||||||
| Stability: | Sterile plastic container or red top vacutainer tube stable 24 hours ambient. Isolator tube stable 16 hours ambient if volume is 1.5 mL, or 1 hour if volume is less than 1.5 mL. All specimen types unstable frozen. | ||||||||
| Standard Volume: | 2 mL bone marrow. | ||||||||
| Minimum Volume: | 0.5 mL bone marrow in sterile plastic container. 1.5 mL bone marrow in 1.5 mL Isolator tube. | ||||||||
| Transport: | Ambient. | ||||||||
| Comments: | Isolated organisms will be identified. Susceptibility testing will be done if appropriate. An additional charge will be added for these tests. | ||||||||
| Rejection Criteria: | Unsterile containers; dry specimen; refrigerated Isolator tube or frozen specimen; clotted specimen in Isolator tube or less than 1.5 mL in Isolator tube received more than one hour after collection; lavender top tube (EDTA). | ||||||||
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| Gram Stain: No organisms seen. Culture: No growth at 7 days. |
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