Test Category: Microbiology
Investigation Name:Throat Swab Routine Culture
Alias or Abbreviation:n/a
Pathology Laboratory:Microbiology Ext 88257
Requestable Seperately?No
Expected Turnaround Time:72 hrs
Test Code:ENT
Sample Type:
Liquid Culture Swab (Copan, pink cap)Complex Reference Range:Throat swab culture routinely includes culture for diptheria also. For Whooping cough investigation please see separate listing under "Whooping cough culture".
Collection Conditions / Other Information:If a delay in transport to the laboratory please store at ROOM TEMPERATURE.
Referred to Another Laboratory?No
