BONE MARROW CULTURE
| Synonyms: | Bone Marrow Culture |
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| Specimen Collection: | Inoculate aerobic and anaerobic blood culture bottles. For culture of AFB or Fungus, collect bone marrow in Green (Heparin) Top Tube and order test AFB culture, blood or Fungal culture, blood. |
| Minimum Volume: | For bacterial culture 2 mL |
| Handling Instructions for Offsite Areas: | Maintain at room temperature up to 24 hours. Transport ASAP. |
| Reference Values: | No growth. Any organism isolated can be considered a potential pathogen. Identification and/or susceptibility performed if indicated. Yeast will be detected using routine media. Susceptibility on yeast by special request only. |
| Lab Code: | Microbiology |
| Requisition: | MICRO 02 bonemarrow INPATIENT09-17.pdf |
| Test Frequency: | Daily |
| Routine TAT: | Neg: 5 days Pos: 2-5 days |
| Stat TAT: | N/A |
| CPT Code(s): | 87103 |
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| Methodology Used: |
See Addendum XVII |