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Storage
 
  Collection / Storage / Transportation  
 
Specimen 1   Container /
Transport Media
1   Transportation To Laboratory 1   Storage Prior To Process
             
Foreign Bodies   Sterile, screw - cap Container   Immediately / RT   Plate as soon as received
             
IUD            
             
IV catheters, pins, Prosthetic valves   Sterile, screw - cap Container   Immediately / RT   Plate as soon as received
             
GI Track            
Gastric aspirate   Sterile, screw - cap tube   Immediately / RT   Must be neutralized within 1 hour of Collection
             
Gastric Biopsy   Sterile, screw-cap tube   Immediately / 4°C   Must be set up immediately on receipt
             
Rectal swab   Swab placed in enteric Transport medium   Within 24 hrs / 4°C   72 hrs / 4°C
             
Stool culture   Clean, leak proof container Staurt media   Within 24 hrs / 4°C   72 hrs / 4°C
 
Genital tract
Female            
Bartholin cyst   Anaerobic transporter   Within 24 hrs / RT   24 hrs / RT
             
Cervix   Swab moistened with Stuart's or Amie's medium   Within 24 hrs / RT   24 hrs / RT
             
Endometrium   Anaerobic transporter   Within 24 hrs / RT   24 hrs / RT
             
Urethra   Swab moistened with Stuart's or Amie's Medium   Within 24 hrs / RT   24 hrs / RT
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