Urogential (vaginal, cervical, urethral swabs or vaginal secretions) collected in VC medium (green-top), or M4 Transport Media, or UT container.

Also acceptable: Urine, sterile body fluids, tissue, wounds (swab), respiratory (sputum , bronchial washing, tracheobronchial secretions, bronchial alveolar lavage, nasopharyngeal or throat swabs) collected in a VCM medium (green-cap) tube or equivalent (UTM) container.

1 mL or 1 swab.

* Collection Instructions *

Ship on dry ice.

Urine: Client should centrifuge urine at 3000 rpm for 15 minutes. Suspend sediment in VCM or equivalent transport media. If the specimen is not centrifuged, submit a 1:1 volume of urine in VCM or equivalent transport media.

Submit a 1:1 volume of sterile body fluids, tissue, respiratory (sputum, bronchial washing, tracheobrobchial sexreations, bronchial alveolar lavage) in VCM or equivalent transport media. Respiratory sampes are only acceptable from children under 1 year old.

Note: Do not use M4RT; the ambient formula cannot be used for mycoplasma.

Ambient: Unacceptable

Refrigerated: 48 hours

Frozen: -20°C: Unacceptable

Frozen: -70°C: 30 days

• Specimens collected on wooden shafted swabs or cotton swabs
• Specimen received in expired transport media
• Tissue specimen in formalin
• Urine containing any preservatives
• Specimens received in M4RT transport medium
• Raw specimens
• Specimen collected in molecular transport medium