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Bone Marrow Culture

Test Catalog Information

Test Catalog Synonyms

EPIC Synonyms SPS tube
Culture - Bone Marrow
Cerner Primary MnemonicBone Marrow Culture/Gram Stain
EPIC Display NameBone Marrow Culture
Allscripts (AEHR) Order Name

Culture - Bone Marrow with Gram Stain

Sunrise Clinical Manager (SCM) Order Name

Culture - Bone Marrow with Gram Stain

EPIC Inpatient Orderable Yes
EPIC Outpatient Orderable Yes
Cerner Results
Clinical Info

Specimen Type

Container

SPS tube

Collection Instructions

1. Aseptically collect 1 mL of bone marrow in an Isolator® tube(s)- immediately mix bone marrow with contents in tube by gently inverting four or five times. 2. Directly inoculate slide for smear. 3. Label tube and slide with patient’s name (first and last), date and actual time of collection, and type of specimen. 4. 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

PDM

6201340

Desired Epic Build Bone Marrow Culture

Cerner Primary Mnemonic: Bone Marrow Culture/Gram Stain
PDM 6201340
Informatics - WorkgroupID Micro
Synonyms *SPS tube
Culture - Bone Marrow
Display Name *Bone Marrow Culture
Order Entry Specimen Sources *
Bone Marrow
Order Entry Specimen Types
Aspirate
Specimen Navigator Specimen Types
Specimen Navigator Specimen Sources
Specimen Navigator Short NameCx/gram stain BM
Ordering info (EPIC SmartText)
IP Orderable Yes
OP Orderable Yes
AOEs *

AP AOEs
Special History No
Build Comments
Filter *
Procedure Category Change
Cerner Results

Actual Epic build

Procedure Id 169618
Pdm 6201340
Order Display Name Bone Marrow Culture
Procedure Name BONE MARROW CULTURE
Procedure Master Number LAB10018
Short Procedure Name BONE MARROW CULTURE
Category Code 4.0
Category Code Record Name LAB MICROBIOLOGY - GENERAL ORDERABLES
Synonyms SPS TUBE CULTURE - BONE MARROW
Clinically Active Yes
Orderable Yes
Performable Yes
Filter Genomics
Reference Link Url https://labs.northwell.edu/epic/test/169618
Ordering Instructions
Default Specimen Type Aspirate
Specimen Type Pick List Aspirate
Specimen Type List
Op Specimen Type List
Specimen Source Pick List Bone Marrow
Specimen Source Default - Male Bone Marrow
Specimen Source Default - Female Bone Marrow
Specimen Source List
Op Specimen Source List
Ip Lab Test Components For Report
Op Lab Test Components For Report
Order Questions []
Order Questions Record Name
Inpatient Order Questions []
Inpatient Order Questions Record Name
Order Specific Question Override
Inpatient Question Override
Location Restrict List Ip
Location Restrict List Ip Record Name
Location Restrict List Include Ip
Location Restrict List Op
Location Restrict List Op Record Name
Location Restrict List Includes Op
Edp Amb Order Specific Questions Record Name
Edp Ip Order Specific Questions Record Name
Edp Ip Specimen Source
Edp Op Specimen Source
Edp Ip Specimen Type
Edp Op Specimen Type
Derived Edp Ip Buttons S
Derived Edp Ip Buttons T
Derived Edp Op Buttons S
Derived Edp Op Buttons T
Ip Orderable 1
Op Orderable 1
EPIC OP AOEs

EPIC IP AOEs

EPIC Components (results)