Specimen Stability (for laboratory use only)
Collection Container
eSwab
Service Code:
Service code pending
Collection Instructions:
1. Collect specimen using eSwab.
2. If pelvic infection, including gonorrhoea, swab the cervical canal.
3. Send specimen to the laboratory immediately to preserve gonococcal viability.
2. If pelvic infection, including gonorrhoea, swab the cervical canal.
3. Send specimen to the laboratory immediately to preserve gonococcal viability.
Unacceptable Conditions:
Specimen Stability:
Ambient
2 hours
Refrigerate
Frozen
Reflex Tests:
N.A.
Performance
Turn Around Time:
4 days
Days Test Performed:
Testing Laboratory:
Woodlands Hospital Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Medical Microbiology
Clinical & Interpretative
Description:
Methodology:
Conventional culture
Reference Interval:
Neisseria gonorrhoeae not isolated
Critical Values:
N.A.
