Body Fluid Culture Build info

Synonyms

• BODY FLUID CULTURE
• ASCITES
• CULTURE - BODY FLUID WITH GRAM STAIN
• PERICARDIAL
• PERITONEAL
• AMNIOTIC
• PLEURAL
• LAB269

Short Name

CULTURE, FLUID

Procedure Master Number

LAB269

Procedure ID

1186

Clinical Info

For bacterial culture of sterile body fluids, not including synovial fluid or CSF. This test includes Gram stain evaluation and aerobic/anaerobic bacterial cultures.
Synovial fluid specimens should be ordered as "Joint Culture" and "Joint Fluid Pathogen Panel, Molecular Detection". Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) specimens should be ordered as "CSF Culture" and "CSF Pathogen Panel Molecular Detection".

Specimen Type

Other

Container

Sterile

Collection Instructions

1. Disinfect overlying skin with 70% alcohol.
2. Aspirate body fluid using a sterile needle and syringe or via surgery.
3. Place 15 mL (minimum volume:  1 mL) of body fluid 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.

Transport Instructions

Specimen Stability

Methodology

Microbiology Culture
Includes Gram stain.

Days Performed

Monday through Sunday

Performing Laboratory

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

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

PDM

6201035

Results