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Gram Stain STAT (RRL)

Synonyms

  • C STGS
  • GRAM STAIN STAT (RRL)
  • LAB11796

Cerner Name

Gram Stain STAT (RRL)

Clinical Info

Only available for Northwell Hospital patients

Specimen Sources

Adenoids Amniotic Sac Ankle, Left Ankle, Right Aortic Valve Arm, Left Arm, Right Axilla, Left Axilla, Right BAL 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 Dialysate Duodenum Ear, Left Ear, Right Elbow, Left Elbow, Right Eye, Left Eye, Right Fibroids Finger, Left Finger, Right Foot, Left Foot, Right Forehead Frontal sinus Gallbladder Gastric Groin Hand, Left Hand, Right 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 Lumbar Puncture 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 Oropharynx/Throat Ovarian Cyst Ovary Pancreas Paranasal Pelvis Penis Pericardium Peritoneal Pharynx Placenta Pleura, Left Pleura, Right Procurement Prostate Prosthetic valve Rectum Scalp Scrotum Shoulder, Left Shoulder, Right Shunt Sinus, Nasal Skull Spleen Stoma Stomach Testicle Thyroid Toe, Left Toe, Right Tongue Tonsil Trachea Tricuspid valve Urethra Uterus Vagina Vertebra Vitreous Vulva Wrist, Left Wrist, Right Show more...

Specimen Types

Abscess Aspirate Body Fluid Bone Cerebrospinal Fluid Foreign Body Respiratory Skin/Wound Tissue

Specimen Volume

Body Fluid

Container

Smear

Collection Instructions

Container: Sterile container
Specimen: Body Fluid
Transport Temperature:  Room temperature
Note:  Specimen source is required on request form for processing.

Transport Instructions

Room temperature

Specimen Stability

Methodology

Gram Stain

Days Performed

Monday through Sunday

Performing Laboratories

Northwell Hospital Rapid Response Laboratory

CPT

87205

PDM

6201313

Results

Component Name Base Name Common Name External Name
GRAM STAIN - RRL GRAMSTAINRRL GRAM STAIN RRL Gram Stain STAT

Result Interpretation

No organisms seen
     Positives results will be phoned.

Forms

ID Micro LAB11796 build edit