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Test Code CULTBM Culture, Bone Marrow, Bacterial

Specimen Requirements

Specimen must arrive within 24 hours of collection if being sent in blood culture bottle.

 

1. Prepare site as for surgical incision.

2. Inoculate blood culture bottle; or if small volume of bone marrow is obtained, inoculate directly onto culture media.

3. Label container 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 only.
Note:  Specimen source is required on request form for processing.

Performing Laboratory

Conway Regional Clinical Laboratory Services

Reference Values

No growth.

Bone Marrow cultures are held for 5 days.  Preliminary reports are available every 24 hours from time of receipt.

Methodology

Conventional Culture Technique

Day(s) Test Set Up

Monday through Sunday

Test Classification and CPT Coding

87040 - blood culture bottle

87071 - culture, bacterial, quantitative, aerobic with isolation and presumptive identification of isolates

87073 - culture, bacterial, quantitative, anaerobic with isolation and presumptive identification of isolates