TYPES OF SPECIMEN Flashcards
first early morning sample
SPUTUM
SPUTUM general considerations:
rinse mouth prior to collection
deep cough specimens
SPUTUM Volume:
5-10 mL
bronchial lavage, brushing, biopsies
BRONCHOSCOPY SPECIMENS
immediate transport and processing
BRONCHOSCOPY SPECIMENS
Transport medium:
1:10 proportion
✓TSB or TSA (biphasic agar or broth)
✓BHI transport medium
✓Septicheck
✓Thioglycolate broth
BLOOD AND BONE MARROW Volume:
10 mL
Lysis-centrifugation system (Isolator)
BLOOD AND BONE MARROW
containers must be leak proof and lab manipulations should be done under a hood
CEREBROSPINAL (CSF)
DO NOT refrigerate
CEREBROSPINAL (CSF)
For suspected Cryptococcus, Coccidioides infections
CEREBROSPINAL (CSF)
Sterilized area with 70% alcohol or sterile water
DERMATOLOGICAL SPX
Collect at the active border
DERMATOLOGICAL SPX
clean with 70% alcohol
NAILS
: scrape the deeper portion
Dorsal plate
: scrape beneath the nail plate
Nail plate
Whole nail or clippings
NAILS
HAIR
Collect from:
✓Areas of sealing
✓Alopecia
✓Hair that fluoresce under Wood’s lamp (uses UV)
undrained or unruptured abscess
EXUDATES AND PUS
aspirate using sterile syringe, recap needle and transport to lab immediately
EXUDATES AND PUS
failed aspiration, do skin biopsy
EXUDATES AND PUS
first early morning
URINE
transport and perform test ASAP within 2 hours
URINE
3 glass container collection technique
✓empty bladder, discard urine
✓massage prostate and collect secretions
✓empty bladder and collect 5-10 mL urine
PROSTATIC SECRETIONS
