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Akron Children's > For Healthcare Professionals > Lab Tests : Akron | Mahoning Valley

Enteric Culture

PATIENT INFO
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TESTS REQUESTED
Test Name: ICD9 Code: (required)
1. Enteric Culture  
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SPECIMEN INFO
Collection Date & Time:
Collected By:
Hospital:
Test ID :
STOOL
Test Workstation :
MIC2
Specimen Type:
250mg (pea sized amount) of solid stool or 0.5 mL liquid stool in sterile container or in Cary-Blair medium.
Cause for Rejection:
Reject if Stool is >2 hours at room temperature, or >24 hours at 28C or Frozen. Sticks left in container will dry out stool.
Storage:
Refrigerated 2-8 C for <24 hours.
Availability:
Mon-Sun (0700-1600)
Methodology:
Culture, Immunochromatographic Assay
Special Instructions:
Enteric culture screens primarily for Salmonella, Shigella, Campylobacter and Shiga toxins 1&2 (which includes Ecoli 0157:H7 and other non0157 STEC serogroups). If physician orders stool screened for Yersinia or Vibrio, these cultures are ordered separately and in addition to Enteric culture.

Voided Stool
Stool should be passed into a clean dry container.
Have the patient save the stool specimen one of the following ways:
Pass stool directly into a sterile wide-mouth, leak proof container with a tight fitting lid.
Pass stool into a clean, dry bedpan and transfer the stool into a sterile leak proof container with a tight fitting lid.

NOTE: If using wooden applicator stick to transfer stool, do not leave wooden stick in container. The stick absorbs moisture and will cause the stool to become dried and unable to process. Dried stool specimens will be rejected.

Rectal swab
Collect using a standard or mini-tip Eswab.
Pass the tip of the sterile swab beyond the anal sphincter, anywhere from 1cm in infants to 4cm in larger adolescents. Rotate the swab to sample the anal crypts for 30 seconds.
Break the swab at the score line into the transport tube containing 1.0mL liquid media.
Lab/Phone:
330-543-8406
TAT:
4 days
CPT Code:
87045,87899 x2
Synonyms:
Stool Culture; Culture for Enteric pathogens

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