Bone Marrow TB Culture

Testing Laboratory

Auckland Te Toka Tumai | Auckland Hospital

Department

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Delphic Registration Code (Alpha Code)

TBCU

Test Code (Numeric Code)

7298

Synonyms

NA

Specimen Type

• Bone Marrow

Specimen Requirements

Tube/Container Type:

Preferred

• Mycobacterial Blood Culture Bottle

Preferred Sample Volume (ml)

5

Minimum Sample Volume (ml)

1

Collection instructions:
Please call Microbiology Dept. to ask the availablity of Myco-F-Lytic blood culture bottle
Microbiology ext NSH : 42326
Microbiology ext WTK : 47629

Laboratory instruction:
Possible requests:
TB PCR only:
CPD tube (yellow top) or EDTA tube (purple top) to LabPlus, use code TUBP
(DO NOT SPIN CPD tube)

TB culture only:
Myco-F-Lytic blood culture bottle to LabPlus, use code TBCU

For culture and PCR:
Sample types as above, use code TBCP
Use 2 numbers

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