Fluid or tissue

Collect specimen as follows:
1. Remove surface exudate by wiping area with sterile saline, iodine or 70% alcohol.
2. Aspirate if possible or pass a swab deep into lesion and firmly sample lesion collecting a specimen from advancing margin or base.
3. Place specimen in an ESwab collection/transport system.
4. Label container with 2 patient identifiers, date and actual time of collection,     and specimen source.
5. Do not refrigerate.
6. Maintain sterility and forward promptly at ambient temperature only.

Note:  Specimen source is required on request form for processing.

87070 - Culture Wound (EAP 30061040)
87205 - Gram Stain (EAP 30061200)
87077 - Aerobic identification (if appropriate)
87184 - Susceptibility studies, disk method (if appropriate)
87186 - Susceptibility studies, microdilution or agar dilution (if appropriate)