Advanced Diagnostic Laboratories

Collect

Collect catheter tip in sterile cup.

Storage Transport Temp

Refrigerated

Stability

2 hours; 24 hours at 4 degrees

Notes

Contaminants include Diptheroids, Staph Coagulase Neg or other skin-flora.

Performed

7 days a week

Methodology

Conventional Culture

Reported

3 days

Department

Microbiology Lab

Synonyms

TIP

Reference Interval

By Report

CPT Code

87070