Microbiology Specimen Collection, Storage, and Transport

 

Specimen Type

Abscess

Bite wound

Blood culture

Catheter IV

Cellulitis

CSF

Decubitus ulcer

Dental culture: gingival, periodontal, Vincent’s stomatitis

Ear Inner

Ear Outer

Eye Conjunctiva

Eye, Corneal Scrapings

Fistulas

Fluids: Abdominal, ascites, bile, joint, pericardial, peritoneal, pleural, synovial

Foley

Gangrenous tissue

Gastric: wash or lavage fluid

Genital: Cervix

Genital: Vagina

Genital: female or male Lesion

Genital Urethra: Male

Hair: dermatophytosis

Nail: dermatophytosis

Nasal

Nasopharynx

Pilonidal cyst

Rectal Swab

Sputum, expectorated or induced

Skin: dermatophytosis

Stool Culture

Stool Elisa

Stool, Ova & Parasite

Stool, Leukocytes

Tissue

Throat

Urine for Gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia DNA testing

Urine midstream

Urine catheterized

Urine, Indwelling catheter