Tissue Culture, Aerobic and Anaerobic with Gram Stain

Synonyms

• BIOPSY CULTURE
• BONE CULTURE
• CARTILAGE CULTURE
• CULTURE - TISSUE WITH GRAM STAIN
• CX TISSUE
• ENDOCARDITIS
• LAB271
• LUNG
• OSTEOMYELITIS
• VALVE

Cerner Name

Tissue Culture/Gram Stain

Clinical Info

Tissue
collected during surgery are the best specimens for culture. Swab specimens are
suboptimal but will be accepted if a fresh tissue specimen is not available.
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

Abdomen/Peritoneum Abscess Adenoids Adrenal, Left Adrenal, Right Amniotic Sac Ankle, Left Ankle, Right Anus Aortic Valve Appendix Arm, Left Arm, Right Axilla, Left Axilla, Right Back, Lower Back, Upper Bile Duct Bladder Bone Bone Marrow Brain Breast, Left Breast, Right Bronchial, Left Bronchial, Right Buttock, Left Buttock, Right Cervical-Endocervical Cervical-Vaginal Cervix Cheek, Left Cheek, Right Chest Chin Colon Corneal Rim Decubitus ulcers Diaphragm Duodenum Ear, Left Ear, Right Elbow, Left Elbow, Right Endocervix Endometrium Endometrium Esophagus Extranodal Lymphoid Eye, Left Eye, Right Fallopian Tube, Left Fallopian Tube, Right Fibroids Finger, Left Finger, Right Foot, Left Foot, Right Forehead Foreign Body Frontal sinus Gallbladder Gastric Groin Hand, Left Hand, Right Hardware/Implants Heart Hepatobiliary Duct Hip, Left Hip, Right Ileum Jaw, Left Jaw, Right Jejunum Kidney, Left Kidney, Right Knee, Left Knee, Right Labia Larynx Leg, Left Leg, Right Lip, Lower Lip, Upper Liver Lung, Left Lung, Left Lower Lobe Lung, Left Upper Lobe Lung, Right Lung, Right Lower Lobe Lung, Right Middle Lobe Lung, Right Upper Lobe Lymph Node Mediastinum Meninges/Dura Misc Mitral Valve Muscle Nares Nasopharynx Navel Neck Nipple, Left Nipple, Right Nose Oral Mucosa Oropharynx Oropharynx/Throat Ovarian Cyst Ovary Ovary, Left Ovary, Right Pancreas Pancreatic Duct Paranasal Parathyroid, Left Parathyroid, Right Paratubal Cyst Pelvic Pelvis Penis Pericardium Peritoneal Pharynx Placenta Pleura, Left Pleura, Right Product of Conception Prostate Prosthetic valve Rectum Retroperitoneum Salivary Gland, Left Salivary Gland, Right Scalp Scrotum Shoulder, Left Shoulder, Right Sinus, Nasal Sinus, Nasal Skin Skull Soft Tissue Spinal Cord Spleen Stomach Testicle Testis, Left Testis, Right Thyroid Thyroid, Isthmus Thyroid, Left Thyroid, Right Thyroid, Total Toe, Left Toe, Right Tongue Tonsil Tonsil, Left Tonsil, Right Trachea Tricuspid valve Ureter, Left Ureter, Right Urethra 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 Bone Calculus/Stone Foreign Body Tissue

Specimen Volume

Container

Sterile screw-cap container/ Alternate container-Eswab 

Collection Instructions

Submit only 1 of the
following specimens:

Fresh Tissue
1. Obtain fresh tissue (5-10mm3 in size) and
place specimen in a screw-capped, sterile container. A small amount of sterile
saline may be added to the specimen.
2. Label container with patient’s name (first
and last), date and actual time of collection, and type of specimen.
3. Maintain sterility and forward promptly.
Note: Specimen source is required on request
form for processing.

Tissue in ESwab
1. Obtain tissue (5-10mm3 in size) and place
specimen in Eswab.
2. Label container with patient’s name (first
and last), date and actual time of collection, and type of specimen.
3. Maintain sterility and forward promptly.
Note: Specimen source is required on request
form for processing.

Transport Instructions

Maintain sterility, and
forward promptly. 

Specimen Stability

Up to 48 hours

Methodology

Microbiology Culture, Includes
Gram stain, and anaerobes.

Days Performed

7 days/week

Performing Laboratories

Northwell Health Laboratories 

CPT

87070 - culture
87075 - anaerobic identification
87205 - Gram stain

PDM

6201175

Results

Result Interpretation

Forms