250ml bottles no microscopy Early Morning Urine TB Culture Culture obtained from 6 weeks performed on urine TB no (3x250mls) laboratory samples 2 days for Microscopy & Sputum / BAL Universal microscopy; 6 TB Culture none no Culture (<20mls) (white top) weeks for culture 2 days for Microscopy & Universal microscopy; 6 TB Culture Tissue none no Culture (white top) weeks for culture Requests must be Clotted Vacutainer discussed with the Teicoplanin Levels Antibiotic Assay 3 days no (2-6mls) (red-top) Consultant Microbiologist Transport swab Isolation of Neisseria Throat Swab Culture Culture Throat swab 4 days no (blue top) sp only on request 4 days, plus 2 Gram stain & Universal days for yes, by Tissue Culture Tissue none Culture top) enrichment arrangement culture Microscopy & Urine Universal with boric yes, by Urine Culture 3 days none Culture (<20mls) acid (red top) arrangement Saturday and please contact lab if Universal Sunday morning, Urine Legionella Test Antigen Detection <1 day urgent processing (5-20mls) (white top) by arrangement required only Saturday and please contact lab if Urine Pneumococcal Urine Universal Sunday morning, Antigen Detection <1 day urgent processing Test (white top) by arrangement required only
TB Culture Culture Early Morning Urine (3x250mls) 250ml bottles obtained from laboratory 6 weeks no microscopy performed on urine TB samples no TB Culture Microscopy & Culture Sputum / BAL (<20mls) Universal (white top) 2 days for microscopy; 6 weeks for culture none no TB Culture Microscopy & Culture Tissue Universal (white top) 2 days for microscopy; 6 weeks for culture none no Teicoplanin Levels Antibiotic Assay Clotted (2-6mls) Vacutainer (red-top) 3 days Requests must be discussed with the Consultant Microbiologist no Throat Swab Culture Culture Throat swab Transport swab (blue top) 4 days Isolation of Neisseria sp only on request no Tissue Culture Gram stain & Culture Tissue Universal top) 4 days, plus 2 days for enrichment culture none yes, by arrangement Urine Culture Microscopy & Culture Urine (<20mls) Universal with boric acid (red top) 3 days none yes, by arrangement Urine Legionella Test Antigen Detection (5-20mls) Universal (white top) <1 day please contact lab if urgent processing required Saturday and Sunday morning, by arrangement only Urine Pneumococcal Test Antigen Detection Urine Universal (white top) <1 day please contact lab if urgent processing required Saturday and Sunday morning, by arrangement only