Specimen Requirements
Title
Culture, Urine
Specimen Requirement
1.0 mL urine catheter collection or clean catch mid-stream, first morning specimen preferred. Collect in a sterile screw capped urine container. If the testing is unable to be performed within 24 hours, a gray top urine transport tube is preferred. Ship same day as collected.
Methodology
Conventional culture technique.
Stability
See Above
Reference Range
By Report.
Turnaround
2-3 days
Clinical Use
The culture isolates and identifies significant pathogens responsible for urinary tract infections.
Test Code
UCULT