SENSITIVITY, BACTERIAL AE &AN, YEAST, MYCOBACTERIA
Marquette General Health System

General Info

Alpha Code

  MICRO. RQN.

MGH LIS Test No

  532

Schedule

  Daily

Testing Time

  1 day after isolate is available for testing.

Testing Lab

  Marquette General Hospital

QORR Test Code

  SENS

Specimen Info

Type

  Pure growth of organism  

Volume

   

Temperature

  Ambient

Preservative

   

Collection Info

  Inpatient:  Determination of when to do a sensitivity is done by the laboratory.
Note: complete appropriate form:
      Inpatient:  Microbiology request form.
      Reference:  Reference lab request form
  
 
Specimen Acceptability

Methods
Microdilution or Agar disk diffusion

Clinical Utilities

CPT Codes
Susceptibility Studies 87186 - (Aerobic Bacteria& Yeast) MIC 87181- (Anaerobic Bacteria) Agar Dilution 87188- (Mycobacteria) Microbroth dilution

Reference Range
Results reported in ug/ml for mic.
Results reported in S,I,R for disk diffusion.

Component Information

Collection Notes

Additional Comments
Anaerobic, yeast, and Mycobacteria sensitivities sent to Mayo Medical Lab.

 

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