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Test Code MIC Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Identification, Aerobic Bacteria

Infectious

Methodology

Aerobic Culture by Conventional Culture Technique and Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC)

Performing Laboratory

Sky Lakes Medical Center-Microbiology

Specimen Requirements

Specimen Type: Infecting bacteria

Container/Tube: Slant, agar plate, or tape plate

Collection Instructions: 

1. Specimen source is required.

2. Organism must be in pure culture, actively growing. 

3. Place specimen in biohazard bag (double bagging preferred) and label as an etiologic agent.

4. Label specimen with patient’s name (first and last), specimen source, and date and time of collection.

Additional Information: Conventional organism identification will be performed and antimicrobial agents appropriate to the organism and specimen source will be tested, if applicable.

Specimen Transport Temperature

Ambient/Refrigerate OK/Frozen NO

Reference Values

Report MIC in mg/mL (according to Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute guidelines)

Day(s) Test Set Up

Monday through Sunday

Test Classification and CPT Coding

87186-Per organism for routine battery
87187-Per drug and per organism for drugs not in routine battery
81784-Disk diffusion method (if appropriate)