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Mayo Clinic Laboratories

Test Code GAST Culture, Gastric Aspirate

Performing Laboratory

YRMC Microbiology

Day(s) Test Set Up

Sunday through Saturday

Specimen Requirements

Gastric Aspirate

 

Container/Tube: Sterile, screw capped container or aspirate trap. Attach the tubing firmly to the top of the aspirate trap to ensure the specimen does not leak during transport.

 

Specimen Volume: 5 – 10 ml gastric aspirate.

Specimen Transport Temperature

Ambient

Reference Values

No growth in 2 days

Test Classification and CPT Coding

87070 – Culture

87205 – Gram Stain

Methodology

Conventional Culture Methods

Includes Gram Stain

Collection Instructions

1. Collect per established gastric aspiration protocol.

 

Note: 1. Label container with patient’s name (first, last, and middle initial), medical record number (if appropriate), date of birth, date and time of specimen collection and collectors initials and/or ID number.
2. Specimen source is required.

Loinc Code

634-6