Methodology
Continous Monitoring Blood Culture System
Synonyms
AFB; Acid Fast Bacili; Mycobacteria; Mycobacterial. MTB; TB
Specimen Type
Whole Blood or Bone Marrow
Performing Lab
Quest Diagnostics San Juan Capistrano
Epic ID
LAB01594
Lab Test Days
Daily
Standard TAT
50-51 Days
Collection Information
Specimen Required
1-5 mL Whole Blood or Bone Marrow collected in a BACTEC Myco F/Lytic aerobic blood bottle
Processing Information - Lab Use Only
Transport Temperature
Ambient-Only
Specimen Stability
Room Temp: 48 Hours; Refrigerated: Unacceptable; Frozen: Unaccpetable
Rejection Criteria
Specimens in EDTA (lavender-top) tube; Specimens in Heparin (green-top) tube; Specimens in citrate; ACD; or SPS (yellow-top) tube; Bactec plus anaerobic/f (silver lavel w/gray to; Bactec lytic/10 anaerobic/f (purple label and cap); Bactec peds bottle
Test Volume Required
5 mL Whole Blood or Bone Marrow
Minimum Test Volume
1 mL Whole Blood or Bone Marrow
Processing Instructions
Indicate source in comments, on specimen and batch sheet.
CPT Codes
87116
Revised
09-27-22