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General Information

Specimen Collection Guide

Order of Specimen Collection

Stat Testing

RRH Labs Critical Value List

Anatomic Pathology:

Aspiration Biopsy

Cytopathology

Surgical Pathology

Clinical Pathology:

Clifton Springs Hospital

Elmgrove Laboratory

Newark-Wayne Hospital

RGH Laboratory

RGH Lab at Linden Oaks

UMMC Hospital

Unity Hospital

RRH Lab Directors Approval

 

Mayo Clinic Laboratories

Test Code BLD Blood Culture [Aerobic & Anaerobic], Whole Blood   Newark

Specimen Volume

Varies

Preferred Specimen

Blood Culture Bottle

Specimen Handling Instructions

Collect in special Blood Culture bottles. Limit is 3 sets of aerobic/anaerobic bottles per patient. Requests to R/O acid fast bacilli or fungus, use yellow SPS tube.

Transport

Routine courier pick-up

Cutoff Time

None

Department

Microbiology

Methodology

Culture

Stat Turn-around Time

N/A

Routine Turn-around Time

5 Days

Reference Ranges

No bacteria or yeast isolated