Specimen Stability (for laboratory use only)
Collection Container
eSwab
Service Code:
Service code pending
Collection Instructions:
Preferred: rectal swab OR perirectal swab
Acceptable: soft stool
For rectal collection:
1. Insert swab 1 - 1.5 inches into rectum and gently rotate twice.
2. Ensure faecal staining on swab.
3. Send specimen to the laboratory immediately.
For stool collection:
1. Collect stool into a sterile screw capped container with attached spatula.
2. Send specimen to the laboratory immediately.
Acceptable: soft stool
For rectal collection:
1. Insert swab 1 - 1.5 inches into rectum and gently rotate twice.
2. Ensure faecal staining on swab.
3. Send specimen to the laboratory immediately.
For stool collection:
1. Collect stool into a sterile screw capped container with attached spatula.
2. Send specimen to the laboratory immediately.
Unacceptable Conditions:
N.A.
Specimen Stability:
Ambient
4 hours
Refrigerate
Frozen
Reflex Tests:
N.A.
Performance
Turn Around Time:
3 days
Days Test Performed:
Testing Laboratory:
Woodlands Hospital Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Medical Microbiology
Clinical & Interpretative
Description:
Methodology:
Conventional culture
Reference Interval:
Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus not isolated
Critical Values:
N.A.
