Sterile Container, Green Top Tube, Sterile Plastic Conical Tube, Isolator Tubes, Unfixed Smear
Transport Temp
Refrigerated
TAT
4 days
Specimen Requirements
5 mL sputum or respiratory aspirate, 2 cm tissue, 10 mL stool, biopsy of skin, 50 mL body fluid (e.g., gastric aspirate/lavage, urine, pleural, pericardial, chronic peritoneal dialysate), 5 mL CSF, 5 cc bone marrow (or ,as much as possible) Sterile container(1) with tight screw-cap seal, green-top (sodium heparin) or Isolator (TM) for bone marrow
Specimen Retention
Sterile container(1) with tight screw-cap seal, green-top (sodium heparin) or Isolator (TM) for bone marrow; sterile container or a securely sealed slide holder for pre-inoculated microscope slide (bronchial brush ONLY). 5 mL sputum or respiratory aspirate, 2 cm tissue, 10 mL stool, biopsy of skin, 50 mL body fluid (e.g., gastric aspirate/lavage, urine, pleural, pericardial, chronic peritoneal dialysate), 5 mL CSF, 5 cc bone marrow (or as much as possible)
