| Specimen | Source / Site | Test Requested | Anticipated Reporting Times for Results |
| Abscess | Superficial Swab Drainage | C&S | 2 to 4 days |
| Aspirate | C&S | 5 to 7 days (Anaerobic culture) |
AFB Culture - Referred Out to SDCL
| - Negative: 49 days
- Positive: Direct smear results within 24 hours
- Culture results as they become available
|
| Blood | Blood Culture | C&S | Gram Stain: - Positive blood culture results reported and phoned as soon as culture tests positive
- Initial gram stain phoned within 1 hour of testing positive
Culture: - 5 days (Routine)
- 7 days (Yeast)
- 14 days (Endocarditis)
|
Blood Culture
| AFB Culture
| - Negatives are held for 6 weeks before being reported as “no growth”
- Instrument flagged positives are referred to Saskatchewan Disease Control Laboratory for staining, smear, identification and / or susceptibility
| |
| Serum | BK/JC PCR | 2 to 6 days |
| West Nile Virus (WNV)PCR | - 4 hours (STAT)
- 4 days (Routine)
|
| Cryptococcal Antigen | 1 day |
| Plasma | - Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Viral Load PCR
- Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) Viral Load PCR
| 2 to 5 days |
Whole Blood
| Interferon Gamma Release Assay
| 7 days
|
| Body Fluid | Sterile, other than Blood, CSF or Urine | PCR | 1 to 4 days |
| C&S | 5 to 7 days |
AFB Culture - Referred Out to SDCL
| - Negative: 49 days
- Positive: Direct smear results within 24 hours
- Culture results as they become available
|
| Bone | Bone | C&S | 7 days |
| Bone Marrow | Bone Marrow | AFB Smear & Culture | Myco/F Lytic bottle
- Negatives are held for 6 weeks before being reported as no growth
- Instrument flagged
positives are referred to Saskatchewan Disease Control Laboratory for
staining, smear, identification and / or susceptibility
Sterile, Black screw-cap
- Specimen for smear and culture is referred to Saskatchewan Disease Control Laboratory for smear, identification and / or susceptibility
- Cultures are incubated for 7 weeks before reporting as negative
|
| PCR | 1 to 4 days |
| Blood line catheter tip | Various | C&S | 2 to 3 days |
| Cerebrospinal Fluid | - AV reservoir
- AV shunt
- Lumbar drain
- Lumbar puncture
- Ventricular fluid
| PCR | - 24 hours (STAT)
- 1 to 4 days (Routine)
- 2 to 6 days (BK/JC)
|
| C&S | 5 days |
| Fungal Culture | 30 days |
AFB Culture - Referred Out to SDCL
| - Negative: 49 days
- Positive: Direct smear results within 24 hours
- Culture results as they become available
|
TB PCR
| 24 hours
|
| Dermatophytes | | Fungal Culture | Sent to SDCL – See website (SDCL Compendium of Tests) |
| Feces | Feces | PCR | - 24 to 48 hours (Outbreak)
- 1 to 4 days (Routine)
|
AFB Culture - Referred Out to SDCL
| - Negative: 49 days
- Positive: Direct smear results within 24 hours
- Culture results as they become available
|
| Foreign Body | - Beads
- CAPD catheter tip
- Chest tube tip
- Contact lens
- Donor corneal ring
- Drainage tip
- Hemovac tip
- ICP tip
- Other
- Pacing wire
- PD catheter
- Permacath
- VP shunt/reservoir
- Wire
| PCR | - 2 to 5 days
|
| Genital | Swabs / All sites | PCR | 1 to 4 days |
| Labia/Vulva | C&S | 1 to 2 days |
- Endocervix
- Seminal Fluid
- Urethral
- Vaginal
| Ureaplasma and Mycoplasma | 2 to 3 days |
| Lower Respiratory | Bronchial Washing (BW) | Pneumocystis jirovecii | 1 to 2 days |
| PCR | 1 to 4 days |
AFB Culture - Referred Out to SDCL
| - Negative: 49 days
- Positive: Direct smear results within 24 hours
- Culture results as they become available
|
TB PCR
| 24 hours
|
| Bronchial Brushing | C&S | 2 to 7 days |
| Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) | PCR | 1 to 4 days |
AFB Culture - Referred Out to SDCL
| - Negative: 49 days
- Positive: Direct smear results within 24 hours
- Culture results as they become available
|
TB PCR
| 24 hours
|
- Sputum
- Tracheal aspirate/secretions
| C&S | - Gram stain: 2 to 24 hours
- Culture: 2 to 6 days
|
| C&S Extended Work Up | 4 to 6 days |
| PCR | 1 to 4 days |
| Ureaplasma and Mycoplasma | 2 to 3 days |
| Pneumocystis jiroveci | 1 to 2 days |
AFB Culture - Referred Out to SDCL
| - Negative: 49 days
- Positive: Direct smear results within 24 hours
- Culture results as they become available
|
TB PCR
| 24 hours
|
| Nose/Groin | Swab | MRSA Surveillance | 2 to 3 days |
| Other | Dermal swab (vesicular lesions) | PCR | 1 to 4 days |
- Perianal Swab
- Wound swab (previously ESBL positive site)
| ESBL Surveillance | 2 to 3 days |
Gastric Washing/Lavage
| AFB Culture - Referred Out to SDCL
| - Negative: 49 days
- Positive: Direct smear results within 24 hours
- Culture results as they become available
|
| Rectal | Rectal swab | PCR | 1 to 4 days |
- Rectal swab
- Perianal swab (for neutropenic patients)
- Stoma swab (for patient with colostomy or ileostomy)
- Wound swabs for VRE follow-up (previous VRE positive site)
- Feces
| VRE Surveillance | 2 to 3 days |
| Tissue | Autopsy
Biopsy
Surgical
| Pneumocystis jiroveci | 1 to 2 days |
AFB Culture - Referred Out to SDCL
| - Negative: 49 days
- Positive: Direct smear results within 24 hours
- Culture results as they become available
|
| TB PCR | 24 hours
|
| PCR | 2 to 5 days |
| C&S | 5 to 7 days |
| Fungal Culture | 30 days |
| Upper Respiratory | Eye | PCR | 1 to 4 days |
| Mouth | PCR | 1 to 4 days |
| Yeast Culture | 1 to 2 days |
| Nasopharyngeal | PCR | 1 to 4 days |
| Nose | PCR | 1 to 4 days |
Throat | PCR | 1 to 4 days |
| C&S | 2 to 4 days |
| C&S Extended Work-Up (Cystic Fibrosis) | 4 to 6 days |
| Yeast Culture | 1 to 2 days |
| Urine | - Bagged
- Catheters
- Clean Catch
- Cystoscopy
- MSU
- Nephrostomy
- Voided
| C&S | 1 to 4 days |
| PCR | - 1 to 4 days (Routine)
- 2 to 6 days (BK/JC)
|
AFB Culture - Referred Out to SDCL
| - Negative: 49 days
- Positive: Direct smear results within 24 hours
- Culture results as they become available
|
| Wound | | | 2 to 3 days |
