Test Code SCTISS Tissue Culture, LAB898
Methodology
Culture with Identification by Conventional Methods
Performing Laboratory
St. Luke's Hospital Cedar Rapids
Specimen Requirements
1. Submit fresh tissue or tissue in a small amount of saline
(no formalin) in a screw-capped, sterile
container.
2. Maintain sterility and forward promptly.
3. Order includes gram stain.
Note: Indicate specimen source on specimen container
and in computer.
Reference Values
No growth
Day(s) Test Set Up
Monday through Sunday
Test Classification and CPT Coding
87070- Aerobic Culture
87205-Gram stain
87075- Anaerobic culture
Report Available
4-5 Days