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Test Code CXURN Culture, Urine

Performing Laboratory

Hunterdon Medical Center Laboratory

Special Instructions

  • Collect first morning specimen, if possible.
  • Indicate collection method on container.

Specimen Required

  • Urine Culture and Sensitivity Collection Tube. (Preserved)
    • Volume Required: 3ml
    • Minimum volume: 3ml
  • Sterile leakproof container: (Unpreserved)
    • Volume Required: 3ml
    • Minimum volume: 1ml

Specimen Type

Urine: Indicate collection method on container

  • Clean catch midstream collection..
  • Straight catheter.
  • Indwelling catheter, new placement.
  • Ileal conduit urine.
  • Suprapubic needle aspiration.
  • Surgical methods: cystoscopy, nephrostomy, prostatic massage, etc.

Specimen Transport Temperature

Preserved: Urine C&S collection tube

Ambient:  Deliver within 48 hours.

Unpreserved:

Ambient:  Deliver within 2 hours. 

Refrigerate 2-8°C: Deliver within 24 hours.

Specimen Stability Information

Preserved specimen:

Ambient: 48 hours.

Unpreserved specimen:

Ambient: 2 hours.

Refrigerate 2-8°C: 24 hours.

Reject Due To

Foley catheter tips are unacceptable for culture.

Anaerobic culture can be performed only on suprapubic specimens.

Do not collect from: bedpan, or urinal.

Visibly contaminated specimens will be rejected.

Day(s) Performed

Monday through Sunday

Reference Values

No Growth.

Method Name

Conventional Culture with Colony Count and Biochemical identification methods.

Normal skin or urogenital flora reported as mixed organisms with no further work up.

Susceptibility will be performed according to standard microbiology protocols at an additional charge.