Test Directory
Arterial/venous line tips - Routine C & S
Containers - Adult
Plain Sterile Universal Container
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Additive per Container
NONE |
Containers - Child
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Plain Sterile Universal Container
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Additive per Container
NONE |
Laboratory Site
RIE
51 Little France Crescent
Old Dalkeith Road
Edinburgh
EH16 4SA
Old Dalkeith Road
Edinburgh
EH16 4SA
Telephone (Bacteriology): 0131 242 6021 OOH Bleep 2900
SJH
Howden Road West
Howden
Livingston
West Lothian
EH54 6PP
Howden
Livingston
West Lothian
EH54 6PP
Telephone (Bacteriology): 01506 52 3075 OOH contact RIE
Transport arrangements
Transport as soon as practicable
Sample storage arrangements
If delay in transporting, store in the fridge (4-6°C).
Special instructions for collection
Useful: In patients with suspected line infections e.g. site inflamed, fever with central line in situ, where the line has been removed because of suspicion of infection.
Don't send line tips unless there is a suspicion of line-related blood stream infection. Send in conjunction with a pair of peripheral blood cultures.
How to request
Via Trak ("C&S - Line Tips") then select type of line, and line location.
Availability
24 hours (RIE). 0900-1700 (SJH).
Anticipated turnaround
Culture: up to 5 days.
What happens if the result is positive or abnormal
Telephoned by microbiologist.
General additional information
Urinary catheter tips are not processed - please send a urine sample.