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Test Code 63060320 Wet Prep

Important Note

Due to specimen stability, deliver specimen to laboratory within 30 minutes.

Performing Laboratory

Torrance Memorial Laboratories

Specimen Requirements

Container:  Sterile Container (container "s" - click link under "Resources" to see picture)
Specimen Types:  Vagina, other source

Specimen Collection Instructions:

  1. Collect discharge from the posterior fornix or urethra using sterile cotton or Dacron swab.
  2. Immediately place the swab into a screw-cap test tube containing 0.5 ml of 0.9% sterile saline.

 

                                   

Specimen Transport Temperature

Ambient

 

Stability:

Vaginal specimens:  30 minutes

 

Outreach clients:  Please call for STAT pick up.

Methodology

Wet Prep

Day(s) Test Set Up/TAT

Performed:

Daily

 

TAT:

Vaginal:  < 1 hr

Aliases

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CPT Code

87210