Laboratory Services Group Culture Collection Chart

SPECIMEN MATERIALS NEEDED HOW TO COLLECT HOW TO PREPARE FOR TRANSPORT TO LAB MAXIMUM TIME FROM COLLECTION TO LAB
Inform Lab as soon as collected and a pick-up time will be scheduled

Anaerobic Culture

Anaerobic Culture Swab

1. 2.

Blood Culture Cervical Smear (GC)

Collected by Lab Culture Swab

Eye

Culture Swab

Nasopharyngeal

Culture Swab

Peel open sterile pack Remove and discard plug from tube. 3. Remove swab and take specimen. 4. Insert swab into tube and push in plug. Contact the Laboratory 1. Swab cervix 2. Return swab to culturette without contaminating & crush ampule. 1. Position patient so head is supported. 2. Pull lower lid down and swab lid without touching eye. 3. Return swab to culturette without contaminating and crush ampule. 1. Position the patient so the head is supported. 2. Insert the swab to the midnasal area and swab the surrounding mucosa. 3. Return swab to culturette without contaminating and crush ampule.

Properly label specimen with patients name, date, time and location of collection site Put in plastic bag and keep at room temp

Contact the Laboratory Properly label specimen with patients name, date, time and location of collection site Put in plastic bag and keep at room temp Properly label specimen with patients name, date, time and location of collection site Put in plastic bag and keep at room temp

Inform Lab as soon as collected and a pick-up time will be scheduled Inform Lab as soon as collected and a pick-up time will be scheduled

Properly label specimen with patients name, date, time and location of collection site Put in plastic bag and keep at room temp

Inform Lab as soon as collected and a pick-up time will be scheduled

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SPECIMEN

MATERIALS NEEDED

HOW TO COLLECT

HOW TO PREPARE FOR TRANSPORT TO LAB

MAXIMUM TIME FROM COLLECTION TO LAB

Inform Lab as soon as collected and a pick-up time will be scheduled

Sputum Deep Chest Cough

Sterile Container

1.

Instruct the patient to take a deep cough from the chest and place sputum in sterile container.

Properly label specimen with patients name, date, time and location of collection site Put in plastic bag and keep at room temp

Luki Trap

Luki trap set. Call Respiratory Therapy for set up.

1. 2.

3.

4.

Assemble equipment Holding luki trap upright with one hand insert suction catheter through noxe, into pharynx and aspirate specimen. If specimen is not enough to collect in the luki tube, dip suction catheter in syringe for normal saline until specimen is flushed through tubing. Discount suction catheter and suction tubing and connect rubber tubing to arms of luki trap Have patient defecate into I&O hat. (Not provided by laboratory) Use wooden sticks to place stool in sterile container Follow the Urinalysis MSCC procedure or collect by sterile process from a catheter

Same as above

Stool

Urinalysis

I&O hat (not provided by laboratory), sterile container, wooden sticks Sterile collection Kit, or sterile collection cup and toilette

1.

2. 1.

Properly label specimen with patients name, date, time and location of collection site Put in plastic bag and keep at room temp Properly label specimen with patients name, date, time and method of collection Put in plastic bag and refrigerate

Inform Lab as soon as collected and a pick-up time will be scheduled Inform Lab as soon as collected and a pick-up time will be scheduled

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