PROVIDENCE LABORATORY SERVICE OREGON REGION ORLS CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT MICROBIOLOGY & MOLECULAR COLLECTION DEVICES Copan eswab should be used for the following tests: Culture, Wound, Superficial Culture, Wound, Deep, GS with ANA Culture, Eye, Smear Culture, Ear, Smear Culture, Genital, Smear Culture, GC (Gonococcus) Neisseria gonorrhoeae culture (not amplification methods) Culture, Strep Group B (Β-hemolytic streptococci group B (BSB) cultures) Culture, Yeast, Smear LAB13369 LAB12838 LAB2310 LAB20400 LAB2314 LAB15025 LAB13367 LAB241 Red-capped (double) BD fiber swab should be used for the following tests: Culture, Upper, Respiratory (Throat or nasal culture) Culture, MRSA (Nasal culture for MRSA carrier status) LAB900 LAB13365 MRSA, NAAT LAB1836 Staph aureus, NAAT LAB1837
Sterile containers should be used for TISSUE, BODY FLUIDS, and URINE collections for Culture, Antigen, or PCR testing AND for STOOL collection for Clostridium difficile & Helicobacter pylori antigen: Tissue and sterile body fluids preferred over eswabs Culture, Tissue Smear w/anaerobes Culture, Body Fluid, Sterile, Smear, w/anaerobes Culture, Respiratory, Lower, Smear Culture, AFB, Smear Culture, Fungus, Smear Culture, Fungus, Smear, Hair, Skin, Nails LAB898 LAB269 LAB228 LAB877 LAB2312 LAB0256 C. difficile, NAAT LAB12906 Used for Urine storage and transport to maintain the sample integrity for up to 48 hours at room temperature Mycobacterium Tuberculosis NAAT Strep pneumonia, NAAT Norovirus 1 and 2, NAAT Culture, Urine LAB1357 LAB13051 LAB13270 LAB239
ParaPak Collection kits should be used for stool specimen collection for PCR or Ova and Parasite (O & P) testing: ParaPak C&S- Enteric Pathogens Transport Vial (Orange capped vial with pink liquid) Use to collect the following: Stool Pathogens, NAAT LAB 24176 Place stool in vial immediately after collection. Keep at room temperature until transport to laboratory. ParaPak Ova and Parasite Collection (Gray and pink capped vials with clear liquid) Use to collect the following: Stool for Ova and Parasite Examination Stool for Giardia/Cryptospordia EIA testing Fill both vials. Keep at room temperature until transport to laboratory. BacT/Alert Blood Culture bottles should be used for direct specimen collection of blood or bone marrow for culture: Standard Aerobic (SA, Blue) Standard Anaerobic (SN, purple) FAN Aerobic (FA, green) Bottles designed to take up to 10mL of blood each. For aerobic and anaerobic blood cultures from children and adults. Pediatric (PF, yellow) Bottle designed to take 1 to 4 ml of blood each. For aerobic and anaerobic blood cultures from newborns and infants. Blood culture bottles for Mycobacteria collection (MB, black). For Mycobacteria (AFB) blood and bone marrow cultures from children and adults. Bottles designed to take 3 to 5 ml of blood or bone marrow each.
M4-RT Viral Transport Media should be used for SWAB collections for the following tests: Contains pink liquid media Bordetella Pertussis DNA, NAAT LAB1871 Chlamydia Pneumonia AG, NAAT Cytomegalovirus (CMV), NAAT, Qual Enterovirus, RNA, NAAT Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV), NAAT Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV), NAAT, Reflex Typing Legionella, NAAT Mycoplasma Pneumoniae, NAAT Pneumocystis Jiroveci DNA, NAAT Varicella Zoster, NAAT Respiratory Pathogen Panel NAAT Adenorvirus DNA, NAAT Influenza A and B RNA, NAAT Metapneumonirus, NAAT Strep pneumo, NAAT RSV RNA, NAAT Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) AG, EIA Culture, Respiratory, Virus LAB12873 LAB2077 LAB1333 LAB917 LAB13204 LAB13228 LAB2432 LAB83 LAB2177 LAB1307 LAB12856 LAB12992 LAB13249 LAB13051 LAB13379 LAB2322 LAB2085
APTIMA (Gen Probe ) Combo 2 Collection Kits should be used for Chlamydia trachomatis & Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC) testing: Swab Collection Kit C. Trachomatis and N. Gonorrhoeae, NAAT (Aptima) LAB202 Urine Collection Kit