Specimen Type:
250mg (pea sized amount) of solid stool or 0.5 mL liquid stool in sterile container or in Cary-Blair medium.
1 mL of urine collected in sterile container.
Swab collected from G-tube or Cath site source.
Minimum Volume:
Urine minimum volume is 0.5 mL.
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. Quantity not sufficient, improper specimen type, improper storage/transport, improper swab, dry swab, swab not present, multiple swabs per vial, mislabeled, or unlabeled.
Storage:
For Eswabs, transport at room temperature. For stool and urine, transport refrigerated required from off campus location. Upon arrival in laboratory, store refrigerated.