Pure & mixed cultures will be included for identification, antigen screeen & gram stain.
Sources vary per shipping event, from the following:
3 - Strep A Antigen
1 or 2 Blood Cultures
15 - Gram Stains
15 - Organism Morphology
3 - Throat Cultures
1 or 2 CSF Cultures
1 - Genital Cultures
2 - Wound Culture (Aerobic & Anaerobic)
3 - Stool Cultures
3 - Urine Cultures
Antimicrobial Susceptibility, supplemental
One of the five specimens per testing event will be for antimicrobial susceptibility.
Pure and mixed cultures in a lyophilized pellet for bacterial colony count.
This is a supplemental program and you must be enrolled in Bacteriology, Throat/Urine Culture, or Urine Culture for CMS reporting.
2 challenges per testing event.