NOS Mycobacterial (AFB) Smear and Culture

Synonyms

• ACID FAST BACILLI
• ACID FAST BACILLUS
• ACID FAST SMEAR/CULTURE
• ACID-FAST
• AF OTH
• AFB STAIN
• CX NOS AFB
• FLUOROCHROME
• KINYOUN
• LAB11762
• MTB
• MYCOBACTERIUM
• NTM
• TB
• TUBERCULOSIS

Cerner Name

Acid Fast Smear/Culture

Clinical Info

Specimen Sources

Abdomen/Peritoneum Abscess Adrenal, Left Adrenal, Right Amniotic Sac Ankle, Left Ankle, Right Anus Appendix Arm, Left Arm, Right Axilla, Left Axilla, Right Back, Lower Back, Upper Bile Duct Bone Brain Brain Breast, Left Breast, Right Buttock, Left Buttock, Right Cervical-Endocervical Cervical-Vaginal Cervix Cheek, Left Cheek, Right Chest Chin Colon Decubitus ulcers Diaphragm Duodenum Ear, Left Ear, Right Elbow, Left Elbow, Right Endocervix Extranodal Lymphoid Eye, Left Eye, Right Fallopian Tube, Left Fallopian Tube, Right Finger, Left Finger, Right Foot, Left Foot, Right Forehead Frontal sinus Gallbladder Groin Hand, Left Hand, Right Hip, Left Hip, Right Ileum Jaw, Left Jaw, Right Jejunum Joint Kidney, Left Kidney, Right Knee, Left Knee, Right Labia Larynx Leg, Left Leg, Right Lip, Lower Lip, Upper Liver Liver Lung, Left Lung, Left Lung, Right Lung, Right Lymph Node Mediastinum Meninges/Dura Misc Muscle Nasopharynx Navel Neck Nipple, Left Nipple, Right Nose Oral Mucosa Oropharynx/Throat Ovary, Left Ovary, Right Pancreas Pancreas Pancreatic Duct Pancreatic Duct Paratubal Cyst Paratubal Cyst Pelvic Pelvic Penis Pericardium Peritoneal Pharynx Pharynx Placenta Prostate Prostate Rectum Retroperitoneum Retroperitoneum Salivary Gland, Left Salivary Gland, Left Salivary Gland, Right Salivary Gland, Right Scalp Scrotum Shoulder, Left Shoulder, Right Sinus, Nasal Skin Skull Soft Tissue Spinal Cord Spleen Spleen Testicle Testis, Left Testis, Right Thyroid, Isthmus Thyroid, Isthmus Thyroid, Left Thyroid, Left Thyroid, Right Thyroid, Right Thyroid, Total Toe, Left Toe, Right Tongue Tonsil Tonsil, Left Tonsil, Right Trachea Urethra Uterus Uterus Vagina Vas Deferens, Left Vas Deferens, Right Vascular Vertebra Vulva Wound Deep Wound/Skin Superficial Wrist, Left Wrist, Right Show more...

Specimen Types

Aspirate Foreign Body Skin/Wound Swab

Specimen Volume

Container

Sterile

Collection Instructions

1. Remove surface exudate by wiping surface with 70% alcohol.
2. Aspirate abscess 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. Send specimen refrigerated.
6. Maintain sterility and forward promptly.
Note: Specimen source is required on request form for processing.
**Specimen submitted on a swabs is discouraged.
* Rejection Criteria: Quantity not sufficient, specimen leaking, unlabeled or mislabeled specimen, specimen without a minimum of 2 patient identifiers, specimen received after prolonged delay (more than 7 days), specimen in fixative.

Transport Instructions

Up to 3 days at 2-8C (refrigerated)

Specimen Stability

Up to 3 days at 2-8C (refrigerated)

Methodology

Microbiology Culture

Days Performed

Monday through Sunday

Performing Laboratories

Northwell Health Laboratories
If culture is positive, additional charge(s)/CPT code(s) may apply for identification
and/or antibiotic susceptibilities performed when appropriate.

CPT

87116 - culture
87206 - acid-fast stain

PDM

6201254

Results

Result Interpretation

Forms