Culture Type

EPIC Code

Preferred Container

Actinomyces Culture

LAB2100

Anaerobic Transport Vial (A.C.T. Dual)/eswab/Sterile Container

AFB Culture: Blood

LAB246

Wampole Isolator/ sodium-heparin Tube

AFB Culture: Other Source

LAB877

Sterile Container

Anaerobic Culture: Blood

LAB462

Blood Culture vials

Anaerobic Culture: Other Source

LAB233

Sterile Container/A.C.T. Dual/eSwab

Beta Strep Screen Confirmation

LAB2110

EZ II Swab/eSwab

Beta Strep Screen: Throat

LAB8855

EZ II Swab/eSwab

Blood Culture

LAB462

Blood Culture vials

Fluid culture

LAB269

Sterile Container

Fungal Culture: Blood

LAB242

sodium-heparin Tube/Wampole Isolator

Fungal Culture: Other Source

LAB240

Sterile container

GC Culture: Any source

LAB235

JEMBEC (Thayer-Martin) agar plate

GI Diarrheal Pathogen Panel

LAB223

Stool Culture Collection (ETM) vial - Red top

Legionella Culture

LAB902

Sterile Container

Miscellaneous Culture

LAB2102

Sterile Container/ eswab

Peritoneal Dialysates Effluent Culture

LAB269/LAB233

Sterile Container

Resistant Organism Screen (VRE/MRSA)

LAB234

Sterile Container/eswab

Sputum/Respiratory Culture

LAB900

Sterile Container

Streptococcus Group B by PCR

LAB502A

Vaginal then rectal specimen with the same swab in eSwab

Throat Culture

LAB228

eSwab

Urine Culture

LAB239

Sterile Container

Female Genital Specimens

Male Genital Specimens 

Vaginitis Panel 

LAB2106A

Preferred Orange Multitest Aptima swab Alternative Blue Unisex Aptima swab of area

Vibrio Culture

LAB223

Stool Culture Collection (ETM) vial - Red top

Wound Culture

LAB503

eSwab/Sterile Container

Yersinia Culture

LAB223

Stool Culture Collection (ETM) vial - Red Top