Container Type Acceptable Uses Important Notes

UR/YELYellow Urine tube

Urinalysis only Urine Chemistries

Drug Screen Analysis- verify volume required

DO NOT USE FOR

Urine culturesOnce testing performed on

analyzer for UA, sample cannot be used for other

testing.

UR/GREYGrey top urine tube

Label states: Urine C&S Preservative

Urine Culture

Collect 2 – 4 mLs of urine. No specimen will be rejected if

too short, however a disclaimer is appended to

result

DO NOT USE FOR

Urinalysis

UR/YEL and UR/GREY

Both Urine and Culture tubes

Catheterized Specimen Collection Container

Used in the absence of

Urinalysis w/Reflex

to Culture

NOTE: Must send both tubes for UA w/Reflex to culture

eSwab Anaerobic Culture

Aerobic CultureWound Culture

MRSA Screen CultureGC Culture

Genital or Placenta CultureEye or Ear Culture

DO NOT USE FOR

Viral CultureAmplified Probes

Rapid Strep Testing

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WHITE CAP

Swab - STLRoutine Culture Swab

Aerobic CulturesStrep Screen

(Rapid or Culture)

DO NOT USE FOR

Viral CultureAnaerobic CultureAmplified ProbesPertussis Culture

Alternative Swab for GC culture if available GC Culture (any source)

Genital Culture

DO NOT USE FOR

Viral CultureAmplified Probes

VIRALVTM Virology Transport Media

Viral Culture Respiratory

SepsisRSV DFA

Herpes CultureVZ Culture

Flu A / B CultureChlamydia Culture

DO NOT USE FOR

CSF Viral CultureAerobic Cultures

Anaerobic CulturesAFB or Fungus

Cultures

Anaerobic Sterile Transport Anaerobic CultureAerobic Culture

Can be used for fluids, aspirate, bone chips or pieces

and tissues. Keep tube upright while the cap is off.

Bone or tissue can be placed at the surface of the media.

This is best for tissue transport so specimen will

not dry out.

DO NOT USE FOR

Viral CultureAmplified Probes

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Cont - STLSterile Transport Cup

Sterile SamplesLarge volumes of fluids

Large tissue samples (cover with enough sterile saline to

keep tissue moist)

Best specimens are tissues, fluids and abscess aspirates

(pus)

Stool for C. difficile PCRStool must be stirrable,

liquid, semi-liquid, some amount of liquid, slushy

Formed stools will be rejected!

Stool Culture Transport Orange Para-Pak C&S stool culture only

DO NOT USE FOR

O&PViral CultureWBCs (polys)

O&PParaPPara-Pak

Ova and Parasites

O&PGiardia DFA or Antigen

CryptosporidiumIsopora/ Cyclospora

Microsporidium

DO NOT USE FOR

Routine Stool Culture

Viral CultureAFB or fungal

CulturesWBC (polys)

Amplified ProbesGC and/or

Chlamydia trachmatisAmplified Probe

collection kits Unisex and Vaginal

Collection

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UniSex – Blue Swab Female- Endocervical

Male – Urethral

Vaginal- Pink Swab Female

Urine – Yellow Tube Male/Female

DO NOT send the white swab for testing (used to clean genital area).

Break off swab at perforation, only

Do Not use scissors to cut

Urine Collection – First Void The patient should NOT

have urinated for at least 1 hour prior to specimen collection.

Collect the first 20-30 mL of voided urine (NOT midstream)

Transfer 2 mLs urine using pipet provided into Urine container.

Urine level MUST be between black fill lines or will be rejected.

NOTE: Refer to the appropriate collection instructions included on the back of the kit packaging or the package inserts

Pertussis DFA and Culture Kit Pertussis DFA and Culture

Culture swab and SlidesDO NOT make slides for DFA from the swab in the

R – L tube.

Slides MUST be made separately on the unit.

Wampole Isolator™

1.5ml (fill with 1.5ml blood)

Blood for AFB or Fungus Culture

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Unisex

10ml (fill between 6—10ml blood)

Site Specific Boswell/Del Webb only

BACTEC™ Myco/F Lytic

Blood for AFB or Fungus Culture

Wampole Isolator™ 1.5Bone Marrow Culture

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