Test Directory
Contact lenses - Routine C & S
Containers - Adult
Plain Sterile Universal Container
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Additive per Container
NONE |
Contact Lens Case
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Containers - Child
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Plain Sterile Universal Container
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Volume Range
As adult |
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Contact Lens Case
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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 is practicable.
Sample storage arrangements
If processing is delayed, refrigeration (4-6°C) is preferable to storage at ambient temperature.
Special instructions for collection
Useful: In patients where bacterial, fungal or acanthamoebic eye infections related to contact lenses are suspected. Routine culture is on request by named Ophthalmology Consultant only.
Send in the contact lens case, or a sterile universal container.
How to request
Via Trak ("C&S - Misc" then specify "Contact lens"), or request form.
Availability
24 hours (RIE), 0900-1700 (SJH)
Anticipated turnaround
Up to 5 days.
What happens if the result is positive or abnormal
Telephoned by microbiologist.
General additional information
If wishing for Acanthamoeba investigation, it needs to go in special transport medium available at PAEP, and it is sent direct to the Glasgow Reference Lab from the requester and not via the laboratory at RIE.