ChildLab Collection Procedures

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR COLLECTION PROCEDURES

The following information shall serve as a guide for collection and referral of patient specimens to ChildLab. We ask our clients to adhere to these policies to ensure specimen integrity. Please click on each collection procedure link below for complete information.

Patient Identification

A. Standard Label Requirements

Positive patient identification and accurate specimen labeling is essential for reliable specimen analysis and reporting. The label MUST CONTAIN 2 IDENTIFIERS. For specimens collected in physician offices and other referring facilities, STANDARD LABEL REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON THE SPECIMEN LABEL:

PATIENT NAME - First and last (no nicknames or abbreviations)
MEDICAL RECORD NUMBER, DATE OF BIRTH, OR BARCODE REQUISITION NUMBER
DATE AND TIME OF COLLECTION
INITIALS OF COLLECTOR
At the request of the client, labels will be supplied for specimen labeling.

B. Improperly Labeled Specimens

Specimens may be considered UNACCEPTABLE for analysis if:

1. The specimen label contains incomplete/incorrect patient name or medical record number/date of birth. A specimen label must contain 2 identifiers.
2. A label is not affixed to the specimen.

Notification of unacceptable specimens will be made by ChildLab staff responsible for processing of specimens. Written documentation of the event will follow by report and be directed to the ordering physician.

A requisition must accompany the specimen and must have the same name, medical record number, requisition barcode number and/or date of birth, date and time of collection.

Specimen Collection Procedures

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Blood and Urine Collections:   
BLOOD COLLECTIONS
BLOOD CULTURE
URINE – 24 HOUR COLLECTIONS
URINE CULTURE
URINE - RANDOM COLLECTIONS

Culture Collections: 
CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS CULTURE
FUNGAL CULTURE
GENITO-URINARY TRACT CULTURES
MYCOBACTERIAL CULTURE
RESPIRATORY TRACT CULTURES
STERILE BODY FLUID CULTURE
STOOL CULTURE
SUPERFICIAL WOUND/EXUDATE CULTURES
VIRAL CULTURE INCLUDING HERPES SIMPLEX CULTURE

Stool Collections:
CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE-ASSOCIATED COLITIS TOXIN TEST
ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC E. COLI (EHEC) SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN ANTIGEN TEST (STOOL)
GIARDIA/CRYPTOSPORIDIUM  (GCR) ANTIGEN TEST (STOOL)
HELICOBACTER PYLORI ANTIGEN TEST (STOOL)
OVA AND PARASITE EXAM (STOOL)
STOOL CULTURE

Other:    
BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS /B. PARAPERTUSSIS POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR)
PIN WORM EXAM
STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS DIRECT ANTIGEN TEST

Forms

Clinical Data Sheet
Genetics Consent Form