Test Directory
Bone - Routine C & S
Containers - Adult
Plain Sterile Universal Container
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Volume Range
As much as possbile
Additive per Container
NONE |
Containers - Child
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Plain Sterile Universal Container
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Volume Range
As adult |
Laboratory Site
Old Dalkeith Road
Edinburgh
EH16 4SA
Howden
Livingston
West Lothian
EH54 6PP
Transport arrangements
Transport as soon as is practicable.
Sample storage arrangements
If delay in transporting, store in the fridge (4-6°C).
Special instructions for collection
Useful:
In patients where there is suspicion of osteomyelitis or prosthetic joint infection. If this sample is debrided from an open wound in an outpatient setting, results may reflect colonising flora, as oppose to a deeper sample taken at biopsy or in theatre which hasn't been open to skin flora.
Collect:
Use a plain sterile universal container with no preservative added.
How to request
Via Trak ("C&S - Tissue; then update site to appropriate body site e.g. Toe,2nd,left"). Alternatively order via request form. Please specify on request whether bone was sampled at biopsy/in theatre/in outpatient setting.
Availability
24 hours (RIE). 0900-1700 (SJH).
Anticipated turnaround
Culture: up to 14 days.
What happens if the result is positive or abnormal
Telephoned or emailed by microbiologist.
General additional information
Culture only available.