Test Details
Mnemonic
MBCFS
Ordering Code
3700535
CPT-4 Code(s)
87116. 87206 billed on MC order. (Plus 87015, 87149, 87118, 87153, 87190 added as necessary at additional fees.)
Specimen Information
PLEASE NOTE: MBCFS needs to be ordered on same encounter as test code: MC. MC and MBCFS cannot be ordered individually.
Collect
Body fluids or lower respiratory tract specimens.
Specimen Preparation
Send 10.0 mL body fluids or lower respiratory tract specimens collected in a sterile, screw capped
leak proof container.
leak proof container.
Alternate Specimen
Preferred:
Urine: (clean catch midstream or catheter collection) 40.0 mL
CSF: 2.0 mL
Tissue: (1 - 2 cm x 1 - 2 cm piece recommended) - place tissue and needle biopsies in sterile, leak-proof container with small amount of saline.
Gastric lavage: 10.0 mL in a sterile, leak-proof container, must be neutralized with sodium
bicarbonate within 4 hours of collection (2.0 mL minimum)
1.0 mL exudate, aspirate, lesion material, ocular specimen collected in a sterile, leak-proof
container.
Acceptable:
Swabs in Amies liquid: Amies gel swab transport system; smaples in Anaerobic Transport medium,
ONLY if it is an irreplaceable sample type; throat/oral/swabs from cystic fibrosis patients; Stuarts or Eswab ONLY if tissue biopsy or wound aspirate is not available.
Urine: (clean catch midstream or catheter collection) 40.0 mL
CSF: 2.0 mL
Tissue: (1 - 2 cm x 1 - 2 cm piece recommended) - place tissue and needle biopsies in sterile, leak-proof container with small amount of saline.
Gastric lavage: 10.0 mL in a sterile, leak-proof container, must be neutralized with sodium
bicarbonate within 4 hours of collection (2.0 mL minimum)
1.0 mL exudate, aspirate, lesion material, ocular specimen collected in a sterile, leak-proof
container.
Acceptable:
Swabs in Amies liquid: Amies gel swab transport system; smaples in Anaerobic Transport medium,
ONLY if it is an irreplaceable sample type; throat/oral/swabs from cystic fibrosis patients; Stuarts or Eswab ONLY if tissue biopsy or wound aspirate is not available.
Minimum Volume
Body fluid 2.0 mL
Urine 20.0 mL
CSF 1.0 mL
Urine 20.0 mL
CSF 1.0 mL
Transport Temperature
Refrigerate
Rejection Criteria
24 hour urine or sputum specimens, specimen in formalin or alcohol, leaking specimens, urine in
preservative
preservative
Stability
Room temperature: Unacceptable
Refrigerated: 5 days
Frozen: Unacceptable
Refrigerated: 5 days
Frozen: Unacceptable
Methodology
Continuous Monitoring Broth Culture System and Conventional culture
Reference Range
See report
Performing Laboratory
Quest
New York DOH Approval Status
Yes