Abscess Culture

Synonyms

• ANAEROBE
• ANAEROBIC
• CULTURE - ABSCESS WITH GRAM STAIN
• LAB10225
• PUS

Cerner Name

C ABS

Clinical Info

A wide variety of microorganisms that reside on the skin and mucous membranes of
the body, as well as those found in the environment can cause skin and soft
tissue infection. The organisms enter the body through breaks in the skin or
mucous membranes, through wounds made by trauma or bites (exogenous) or a
complication of surgery or foreign body implants (endogenous) or they can be
spread through the vascular system (hematogenous).
Specimens should be collected prior to initial
therapy and only from wounds that are clinically infected or deteriorating or
fail to heal over a long period.

Specimen Sources

Adenoids Amniotic Sac Ankle, Left Ankle, Right Aortic Valve Arm, Left Arm, Right Axilla, Left Axilla, Right Back, Lower Back, Upper Bile Duct Bladder Brain Breast, Left Breast, Right Buttock, Left Buttock, Right Cervix Cheek, Left Cheek, Right Chest Chin Colon Decubitus ulcers Duodenum Ear, Left Ear, Right Elbow, Left Elbow, Right Eye, Left Eye, Right Finger, Left Finger, Right Foot, Left Foot, Right Forehead Frontal sinus Gallbladder Gastric Groin Hand, Left Hand, Right Heart Hip, Left Hip, Right Jaw, Left Jaw, Right Kidney, Left Kidney, Right Knee, Left Knee, Right Labia Larynx Leg, Left Leg, Right Lip, Lower Lip, Upper Liver Lung, Left Lower Lobe Lung, Left Upper Lobe Lung, Right Lower Lobe Lung, Right Middle Lobe Lung, Right Upper Lobe Lymph Node Mitral Valve Nares Nasopharynx Navel Neck Nose Oral Mucosa Oropharynx/Throat Ovary Pancreas Paranasal Pelvis Penis Pericardium Pharynx Placenta Prostate Prosthetic valve Rectum Scalp Scrotum Shoulder, Left Shoulder, Right Sinus, Nasal Skull Spleen Stomach Stomach Stomach Testicle Thyroid Toe, Left Toe, Right Tongue Tonsil Trachea Tricuspid valve Urethra Uterus Vagina Vertebra Vulva Wrist, Left Wrist, Right Show more...

Specimen Types

Abscess

Specimen Volume

Container

Swab, Aspirate

Collection Instructions

Submit only 1 of the following specimens:
 
Aspirate
1. Remove surface exudate by wiping surface of lesion with 70% alcohol.
2. Aspirate deep into lesion using a sterile needle and syringe.
3. Place aspirate in a screw-capped, sterile container. If arriving in a syringe, needle must be removed prior to transportation.
4. Label container/syringe with patient’s name (first and last), date and actual time of collection, and type of specimen.
5. Maintain sterility and forward promptly at ambient temperature.
Note:  Specimen source is required on request form for processing.
 
Swab
1. Remove surface exudate by wiping surface of lesion with 70% alcohol.
2. Swab deep into lesion.
3. Place swab in anaerobe transport media.
4. Label container with patient’s name (first and last), date and actual time of collection, and type of specimen.
5. Maintain sterility and forward promptly at ambient temperature.
Note:  Specimen source is required on request form for processing.

Transport Instructions

Maintain sterility and
forward promptly at ambient temperature.

Specimen Stability

Up to 48 hours at ambient temperature.

Methodology

Microbiology Culture, Includes
anaerobes Includes Gram stain.

Days Performed

Monday - Sunday

Performing Laboratories

Northwell Health Laboratories- LNP

CPT

87070 - culture
87075 - anaerobic isolation and identification
87205 - Gram stain

PDM

6201332

Results

Result Interpretation

Forms