AFB STAIN, MISCELLANEOUS SAMPLE
| AFB stain provides a presumptive diagnosis of Mycobacterial disease. It can be used to follow the progress of tubercular patients on therapy. AFB culture to be performed in all suspected cases |
Test Type : Fluid & Urine |
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Pre-test Information : No special preparation required |
Report Delivery : Sample Daily by 3.30 pm; Report Same day |
AFB STAIN, MISCELLANEOUS SAMPLE
| Test Code | A-027 |
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| Test Description | **AFB STAIN, MISCELLANEOUS SAMPLE |
| Clinical Category | TUBERCULOSIS |
| Sample | Miscellaneous specimens (Urine, Pus, Body Fluids like pleural, peritoneal, pericardial, gastric, bronchial, semen etc.) in a sterile, screw capped container OR Swabs in sterile normal saline OR Bone marrow in 1 Green Top (Sodium Heparin) tube OR smeared onto 4 clean glass slides fixed immediately in 95% ethanol for 30 minutes and air dried. For gastric lavage , patient should be fasting for previous 12 hours. Transport the gastric lavage specimens within 4 hrs of collection. Specify type of specimen on container and test request form. Ship refrigerated |
| Method/Technology | Fluorescent and conventional microscopic examination |
| Storage/Temp | |
| Reporting Time | DAILY |