R/O MRSA Bacterial Culture only without Gram
General Information
- Lab Name
- R/O MRSA
- Lab Code
- MRSAC
- Epic Name
- Culture MRSA Surveillance
- Description
Culture is for R/O MRSA only. Susceptibility testing will not be done. Order R/O Staph aureus Bacterial Culture only without Gram [STAPHC] if susceptibilities are required.
- Synonyms
- R/O Methicillin Resistant Staph Culture, R/O MRSA Culture
- Components
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Code Name SDES Specimen Description SREQ Special Requests CULT Culture RPT Report Status
Interpretation
- Reference Range
- See individual components
Ordering & Collection
- Specimen Type
- Nares, Other
- Collection
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Collect specimen as usual for site.
Preferred transport type: Eswab Transport System
Unacceptable: Universal Transport Medium (UTM), specimens received >2 days after collection, specimens received in expired swabs/transport media, specimens not received in transport media (dry), frozen specimens.
- Handling Instructions
Stability
Ambient: 2 days; Refrigerated: 2 days; Frozen: Unacceptable- Quantity
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Requested: Eswab
Minimum: Eswab
Processing
- Receiving Instructions
Culture set up on chromogenic agar
- Misc Sendout
Performance
- Lab Department
- Microbiology(MC)
- Frequency
- Processed upon receipt
- Available STAT?
- No
- Performing Location(s)
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CL Division of Infectious Disease Diagnostics (DIDD) - Phenotypic Microbiology
206-520-46001601 Lind Ave SW
Room 466
Renton, WA 98057Hours of Operation:
Monday to Sunday: 7:00 AM– 11:30 PM
Billing & Coding
- CPT Codes
- 87081
- LOINC
- 13317-3
- Interfaced Order Code
- UOW5032