R/O MRSA Bacterial Culture only without Gram
General Information
- Lab Name
- R/O MRSA
- Lab Code
- MRSAC
- Epic Ordering
- 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
- Processing
Culture set up on chromogenic agar
Performance
- LIS Dept Code
- Microbiology (MC)
- Performing Location(s)
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UW-MT Microbiology
206-520-4600Clinical Lab, Room # NW177,
University of Washington Medical Center,
1959 NE Pacific street, Seattle, WA 98195 - Other Locations/Notes
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UW-MT Microbiology performs testing for UW-MT, HMC and UW-NW.
- Frequency
- Processed upon receipt
- Available STAT?
- No
Billing & Coding
- CPT codes
- 87081
- LOINC
- 13317-3
- Interfaced Order Code
- UOW5032