Bone marrow culture (Calgary/South)
- Test Name:
- Bone marrow culture (Calgary/South)
- Organism(s)/Disease(s):
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Blastomyces
Blastomycosis
Brucella species
Brucellosis
Histoplasma
Histoplasmosis
Salmonella Typhi/Paratyphi
Typhoid fever/enteric fever
- Body Source(s):
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Bone marrow aspirate
Bone marrow biopsy
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Clinical Prerequisite(s):
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Provision of relevant, clinical information is important to ensure a clinically relevant result.
Always provide/record:
• clinical history
• travel history
• antimicrobial treatment history
• Is the patient immunocompromised?
- steroid and other immuno-suppressive therapy
- post-transplant
- hematological or other malignancy
- history of chronic infarctions
- Collection Device/Tube Type:
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BacT Anaerobic FN Plus vial (orange top)
BacT Pediatric PF Plus vial (yellow top)
Sodium Polyanethol (SPS) tube
- Specimen Requirement(s):
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Submit all 3 collection containers: Bone marrow culture includes aerobic, anaerobic, and fungal cultures
- Collection Instructions:
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- Check the bottom the vial - if it is yellow, DO NOT USE (the bottle may be contaminated)
- Check the expiry date (y/m/d) found on the container label. If expired, DO NOT USE
- Disinfect the bottle tops with 70% isopropanol and allow to dry for 1 minute
- DO NOT USE IODINE
- Health care provider disinfects the bone marrow aspiration site as per AHS Guidelines
- After collection, gently mix the bottles by inversion, to prevent clotting
- Ensure both bottles are labelled with all required patient identifiers
- DO NOT COVER the 2D or other bottle barcodes with the patient-identifier labels
- Handling and Storage:
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*Store at Room Temperature
DO NOT refrigerate
- Handling/Storage Comments:
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Immediately transport the specimen to the testing laboratory
Turnaround time for:
Negative Bacterial culture: 5 days
Negative fungal culture: up to 6 weeks
- Turnaround Times
- See Microbiology Information»
- Last Reviewed:
- 04 May 2023
