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Abbreviation: FUNDCU

Specimen Type: Sterile container

Storage Temperature: Room temperature

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YFUNDCU

Tab Assignment: Microbiology

PSPC Testing Schedule: Prelim at 2 weeks, final at 4 weeks.

Additional Information: Hair, nails or skin scrapings. In a sterile container or clean envelope. Store and transport at ambient temperature.

Abbreviation: FUNCU

Specimen Type: Specimen

Storage Temperature: Split 1

Tubes / Containers: Swab

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YFUNCU

Minimum Volume: 5.0 mL fluid minimum

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

PSPC Testing Schedule: Performed daily / Prelim at 2 weeks, final at 4 weeks.

Additional Information: Tissue, pus, purulent fluid, respiratory specimens, body fluid or any body site or fluid, skin biopsy. Collect in a sterile container or a Culturette swab. Indicate suspected organism(s) on the test request form. Additional patient history may be helpful. Include the patients occupation, history of travel or residence abroad, and any animal contact. Media is available for direct inoculation. If CSF cannot be transported with 8 hours, hold CSF at 35 degrees centigrade until the time of transport.

Abbreviation: FUNBL

Specimen Type: Mycolytic F Blood Culture Bottle (Red label / Red cap)

Storage Temperature: Room Temp for 72 hours

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YFUNBL

Volume: 5 mL for adults; 3 mL for pediatrics

Minimum Volume: 3 mL for adults; 1 mL for pediatrics

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

PSPC Testing Schedule: Negative results available at 7 days and final at 30 days; Positives reported as soon as detected.

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Abbreviation: FUNID

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YFUNID

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Abbreviation: UUMHC

Specimen Type: Viral Culture Media

Storage Temperature: Refrigerate

Tubes / Containers: Viral Transport Media (1)

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YUUMHC

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Abbreviation: CTCU

Specimen Type: Cervical, eye, rectal, urethral swab, or peritoneal fluid. Also acceptable for newborns: Nasopharyngeal aspirate, swab or washing.

Storage Temperature: Refrigerated

Tubes / Containers: Viral Transport Media

Instrument / Location: ARUP via RPS

Host Code: YCTCU

LOINC: 6349-5, 31208-2

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Additional Information: ARUP # 0060850

Abbreviation: AFBBL

Specimen Type: Blood or Bone Marrow

Storage Temperature: Critical ambient storage. Transport to lab ASAP.

Tubes / Containers: Mycolytic / F Blood Culture Bottle (Red Label / Red Cap)

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YAFBBL

Volume: 3.0-5.0 mL blood for adults; 1.0-3.0 mL blood for pediatrics; 1.0 mL minimum volume for bone marrow.

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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: 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: AFBCU

Specimen Type: Specimen

Storage Temperature: Refrigerate

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YAFBCU

LOINC: 533-0

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

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

Additional Information: Early morning urine in a sterile leak-proof container. Gastric aspirate, body fluid and tissue in a sterile leak-proof container. At least 1-2 ml CSF, 5-20 ml gastric aspirate, > 40ml urine, 5-10 ml body fluid or tissue. Multiple collections from same site must be collected 24 hours apart.

Abbreviation: GBSPCR

Storage Temperature: Refrigerated; Stable 48 hrs

Tubes / Containers: Eswab

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YGBSPCR

LOINC: 48683-7

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

PSPC Testing Schedule: Resulted within 1-3 days

Additional Information: Collect: Without using a speculum, using a single Copan E-swab, collect the specimen first from the vagina (near the introitus) by inserting the swab about two centimeters and then from the rectum by inserting the same swab one centimeter through the anal sphincter. Label specimen with patient name, DOB, collection date and time, and source. Transport to laboratory.

Abbreviation: TBGEN

Specimen Type: Specimen

Storage Temperature: Refrigerate

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YTBGEN

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Abbreviation: ECTO

Specimen Type: Specimen

Storage Temperature: Room Temp

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YECTO

LOINC: 20932-0, 31208-2, 48767-8

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Additional Information: Skin and Hair Scrapings. Insects, ticks, mice, lice, worm and worm proglottids.

Abbreviation: TIDR

Specimen Type: Transport full intact tick in 70 percent ethanol.

Tubes / Containers: Specimen container

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YTIDR

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Additional Information: ARUP # 2006502

Abbreviation: CSDM

Specimen Type: Stool

Storage Temperature: Room temperature or refrigerated also acceptable

Tubes / Containers: Preserve 2 g of stool within one hour of collection in AlcorFix. Preserving in 10 percent formalin is also acceptable.

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YCSDMN

LOINC: 11478-5

Volume: 2 g

Minimum Volume: 1 g

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

PSPC Testing Schedule: Performed everyday / Reported 1-2 days

Additional Information: ARUP # 0060046 Due to the various shedding cycles of many parasites, three separate stool specimens collected over a 5-7 day period are recommended.

Abbreviation: OPBF

Specimen Type: Specimen

Storage Temperature: Stability: Body Fluid: Ambient: Unacceptable; Refrigerated: 72 hours; Frozen: Unacceptable Urine: Ambient: 72 hours; Refrigerated: 72 hours; Frozen: Unacceptable

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YOPBF

Additional Information: Peak egg excretion occurs between noon and 3 p.m.

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: AFBIS

Specimen Type: Specimen

Storage Temperature: Room Temp

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YAFBIS

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

PSPC Testing Schedule: Performed Monday - Friday

Additional Information: Actively growing isolated organism, in pure culture on Middlebrook 7H10, 7H11, or Lowenstein-Jensen agar slants or AFB automated system bottle (ESP, Bactec, Septi-check).

Abbreviation: MICSS

Specimen Type: Default

Storage Temperature: None

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YMICSS

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Abbreviation: FMIC

Specimen Type: Specimen

Storage Temperature: Split 1

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YFMIC

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Abbreviation: MAL

Specimen Type: EDTA whole blood / 5 thin blood smears, air dried. Prepare within one hour of collection

Storage Temperature: None

Tubes / Containers: Special (1)

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YMAL

Volume: 5 ml EDTA

Minimum Volume: 2.5 ml EDTA

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Additional Information: If whole blood transport to lab is > 1 hour , prepare 5 thin blood smears.

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Abbreviation: KOHP

Specimen Type: Tissue, sputum, skin scrapings, corneal scrapings, hair, nail clippings.

Storage Temperature: Room temperature

Tubes / Containers: Sterile container

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YKOHP

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

PSPC Testing Schedule: Performed daily / Reported same day

Additional Information: Do not put nail clippings or hair in a moist environment.

Abbreviation: VCHS1

Specimen Type: Buccal mucosa, eye, genital, rectal, throat or vesicle swab, or bronchoalveolar lavage, tissue or vesicle fluid.

Storage Temperature: Refrigerate

Tubes / Containers: Fluid: Sterile container or Viral Transport Media Swab or tissue: 3 mL viral transport media

Instrument / Location: ARUP via RPS

Host Code: YVCHSA

LOINC: 5859-4

Volume: Fluid Volume: 3 mL

Minimum Volume: 0.5 mL in sterile container

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Additional Information: ARUP # 0065065 Refrigerate up to 72 hours. Also acceptable: 3 mL viral transport media

Abbreviation: VCRES

Specimen Type: Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), Nasopharyngeal aspirate (swab or washing), Tracheal aspirate, Sputum, Throat or Lung Tissue

Storage Temperature: Refrigerated 72 hours only

Tubes / Containers: Sterile container or Viral transport media

Instrument / Location: ARUP via RPS

Host Code: YVCRES

LOINC: 6584-7

Volume: 3.0 mL

Minimum Volume: 1.0 mL

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

PSPC Testing Schedule: Fluid: Transfer 3.0 mL specimen to a sterile container or viral transport media. Swab or Tissue: Place in 3 mL viral transport media.

Additional Information: Specimen only good for 72 hours. Specimens received at PSPC after Thursday have a high probability of being rejected due to stability and shipment.

Abbreviation: VCGV1

Specimen Type: Eye swab, lesion, stool, tissue (brain, colon, kidney, liver, etc.), or urine.

Storage Temperature: Refrigerate for 72 hours only

Tubes / Containers: Fluid: Sterile container or Viral transport media. Swab or tissue: 3 mL Viral trasport media. Stool: unpreserved stool transport vial

Instrument / Location: ARUP via RPS

Host Code: YVCGV

LOINC: 6584-7

Volume: Fluid: 3 mL Stool: 1 mL

Minimum Volume: Fluid or Stool: 0.5 mL

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Additional Information: Specimen must be received at PSPC same day of collection. Specimens received after Thursday have a high probability of being rejected due to stability and shipment. ARUP # 2006498