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Abbreviation: FATS

Specimen Type: Stool

Storage Temperature: Ambient: 1 hour; Refrigerated: 2 weeks; Frozen: 2 weeks

Tubes / Containers: Sterile container

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YFATS

LOINC: 2270-7

Volume: 1 mL

Minimum Volume: 0.5 mL

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Abbreviation: MGF

Specimen Type: Stool

Storage Temperature: Refrigerate

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YMGF

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Abbreviation: MDSPR

Specimen Type: Stool

Storage Temperature: Refrigerate; specimen may also be frozen

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YMDSPRR

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Additional Information: Specimen Handling: Specimens from different voids may be pooled if necessary.

Abbreviation: MICSPOR

Specimen Type: Stool

Storage Temperature: Frozen

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YMICSPOR

Abbreviation: FOS

Specimen Type: Stool

Storage Temperature: Frozen

Tubes / Containers: Specimen Cup (1)

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YFOS

Volume: 5 mL

Minimum Volume: 2 mL

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Additional Information: Stool specimen MUST be liquid.

Abbreviation: OVPAR

Specimen Type: Stool

Storage Temperature: Ambient: 9 months; Refrigerated: 9 months; Frozen: Unacceptable

Tubes / Containers: AlcorFix preservative; also acceptable, ProtoFix and EcoFix

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YOVPAR

LOINC: 41852-5, 31208-2, 48767-8

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Additional Information: Order this test if the patient has had foreign travel or continued symptoms.

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Abbreviation: POFE

Specimen Type: Stool

Storage Temperature: Refrigerate

Tubes / Containers: Specimen Cup (1)

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YPOFE

Volume: 5 g

Minimum Volume: 1 g

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Abbreviation: SOFE

Specimen Type: Stool

Storage Temperature: Refrigerate

Tubes / Containers: Specimen Cup (1)

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YSOFE

Volume: 5 g

Minimum Volume: 1 g

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Abbreviation: STCULT

Specimen Type: Stool

Storage Temperature: 96 hours or 4 days at room temperature in Enteric Plus Vial. Fresh stool less than 1 hour old, refrigerated.

Tubes / Containers: Cary-Blair Vial

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YSTCULT

LOINC: 625-4

Volume: 5 ml

Minimum Volume: 3 ml

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

PSPC Testing Schedule: Performed everyday / Reported within 3 days

Additional Information: *****PLEASE NOTE***** Specimens recieved into PSPC on Saturdays may be too old for testing****

Abbreviation: SPUCRPS

Specimen Type: Sterile container

Storage Temperature: Refrigerated

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YSPUCRPS

Volume: 10 mL

Minimum Volume: 1 mL

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

PSPC Testing Schedule: Performed M-Sun. Gram stain same day.

Abbreviation: LTAR

Specimen Type: SST

Storage Temperature: Refrigerated

Tubes / Containers: Serum

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YLTARR

LOINC: 46248-1

Volume: 2 mL

Minimum Volume: 0.5 mL

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

PSPC Testing Schedule: Reported Monday - Friday

Additional Information: A reactive or equivocal result will automatically reflex to B. burgdorferi antibodies IgG/IgM, Western Blot (LDWB).

Abbreviation: ALBC

Specimen Type: Spinal Fluid

Storage Temperature: Refrigerate

Tubes / Containers: Sterile screw top

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YALBC

Volume: 1 mL

Minimum Volume: 0.4 mL

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Abbreviation: MYBP

Specimen Type: Spinal Fluid

Storage Temperature: Refrigerate

Tubes / Containers: Sterile Container (1)

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YMYBP

Volume: 1 mL

Minimum Volume: 0.3 mL

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Abbreviation: CWNM

Specimen Type: Spinal Fluid

Storage Temperature: Frozen

Tubes / Containers: Sterile Container (1)

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YWNIGMC

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Abbreviation: AANC

Specimen Type: Specimen

Storage Temperature: Room Temp

Tubes / Containers: Specimen Cup (1)

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YAANC

LOINC: 9781-6

Volume: Corneal scrapings, vitreous fluid, or tissue (Place in 2 mL saline)

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Additional Information: ARUP # 0060245

Abbreviation: RAFCR

Specimen Type: Specimen

Storage Temperature: Refrigerate

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YRAFCRR

LOINC: 533-0

Volume: 20 mL

Minimum Volume: 5 mL

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

PSPC Testing Schedule: Performed M-F / Final at 6 weeks

Additional Information: Multiple collections from same site must be collected 24 hours apart. 5-20 mLs sputum or bronchial washings in a sterile leak-proof container.

Abbreviation: ANACU

Specimen Type: Specimen

Storage Temperature: Room Temp

Tubes / Containers: Anaerobic Media Aerobic Swab

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YANACU

Volume: Swab in anaerobic transport media, 0.5 mL pus, or other fluid or tissue from aspirated site in anaerobic transport media

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

PSPC Testing Schedule: Results in 24-72 hours. Prelim at 24 hours. Final at 5 days.

Additional Information: One anaerobic Culturette and two aerobic Culturettes or 0.5 mL pus or other fluid from aspirated site in syringe with needle removed and replaced with a cap. Pus tissue, or other material properly obtained from an abscess, biopsy, aspirate, drainage, exudate, lesion, or wound. Body fluid; peritoneal, thoracentesis, pericardial, amniotic or culdoncenteseis fluid. Asceptically collect body fluid into a sterile container (preferred), or an anaerobic vial or anaerobic culturette. 2.0 - 20.0 mLs. Specimens will also be cultured for aerobic growth.

Abbreviation: AFBBL

Specimen Type: Specimen

Storage Temperature: Room Temp

Tubes / Containers: Draw aseptically per Blood Culture Collection procedure. Collect blood into Bactec Myolytic/F bottle (red label).

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YAFBBL

Volume: 3-5 mL blood for adults; 1-3 mL blood for pediatrics

Minimum Volume: 1 mL minimum volume for bone marrow

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

PSPC Testing Schedule: No Mycobacterium isolated at 6 weeks.

Additional Information: Critical ambient storage. Transport to lab ASAP.

Abbreviation: BWCU

Specimen Type: Specimen

Storage Temperature: Refrigerate

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YBWCU

Volume: 10 mL

Minimum Volume: 2 mL

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

PSPC Testing Schedule: Gram stain results same day, stat gram stain results in 1 hour, preliminary report at 1 day; final report at 2 days.

Abbreviation: CMVVC

Specimen Type: Specimen

Storage Temperature: Refrigerated

Tubes / Containers: Lavender (EDTA) OR bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), throat swab, tissue, or urine.

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YCMVVC

LOINC: 5838-8

Volume: 5 mL

Minimum Volume: 1 mL

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Additional Information: ARUP # 0065004

Abbreviation: CYEOS

Specimen Type: Specimen

Storage Temperature: Refrigerate

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YCYEOS

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Abbreviation: FMIC

Specimen Type: Specimen

Storage Temperature: Split 1

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YFMIC

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Abbreviation: GDLM

Specimen Type: Specimen

Storage Temperature: None

Tubes / Containers: Royal Blue, Transfer Tube

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YGDLM

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Abbreviation: HYPCGP

Specimen Type: Specimen

Storage Temperature: Frozen; Refrigerated

Tubes / Containers: 4 - 5ml Sodium Citrate; 2 - 5ml EDTA; 2 - 5ml Red top or SST

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YHYPCGPR

Volume: 8 frozen 1.0ml aliquots of platelet poor Sodium Citrate plasma, 1 EDTA Whole blood Refrigerated; 1 - 5ml Serum Refrigerated; 1 - 1.0ml Serum Frozen

PSPC Testing Schedule: RPS

Additional Information: This Panel includes: Prothrombin Factor II, Leiden Factor V, Homocysteine, Lupus Anticoagulant Panel, Cardiolipin IgG and IgM, Protein C Activity, Protein S Activity, Anti-Thrombin III, Fibrinogen, D Dimer, and CBC. This panel also includes interpretation.

Abbreviation: LEGDF

Specimen Type: Specimen

Storage Temperature: Refrigerate

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YLEGDF

Volume: Pericardial fluid, respiratory, or tissue specimens Fluid: Prepare two duplicate slides. OR transfer 1 mL fluid to a sterile container. Tissue: Transfer tissue to a sterile container and place on gauze moistened with sterile non-bacteriostatic saline to prevent drying. Refrigerate up to 48 hours and then freeze.

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts