Spx Collection Prt. 2 Flashcards
Upper Respiratory Tract
Spx collection
Throat swab
Nasopharyngeal swab / aspirate
PATHOGENS OF THE URT:
• Haemophilus influenzae
• Corynebacterium diphtheriae
• Streptococcus pyogenes
• Neisseria gonorrheae
URT
Asymptomatic carriers :
• Neisseria meningitidis
• Bordetella pertussis
• Staphylococcus aureus
• Streptococcus pneumoniae
• Moraxella catarrhalis
MEDIA for URT specimen:
BAP
CAP
Thayer Martin
Bordet Gengou blood agar
MEDIA for URT spx
S. pyogenes:
H. influenzae:
N. meningitidis:
B. pertussis:
BAP
CAP or BAP w/ Staphylococcus
CAP/Thayer Martin
Bordet-Gengou blood agar
Nasopharyngeal or Throat Swab use:
2 Sterile swabs
Dacron/ Rayon swab - Synthetic fiber swabs
We do not use what type of swabs?
calcium alginate
swabs with wooden shafts
Nasopharyngeal aspirate
Aspiration:
• mucus extractor connected an ….
Nasogastric tube
Lower Respiratory Tract Collection
• Sputum
• Endotracheal aspirate
• Bronchoalveolar lavage
• Bronchoscopy secretions
PATHOGENS OF THE LRT:
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• Mycobacterium spp.
• Mycoplasma spp
• S. pneumoniae
• S. aureus
• Enterobacteriaceae
—-Enterobacter
—-Klebsiella
—-Escherichia
• Legionella spp.
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Collection & Transport of SPUTUM
container:
time and consistency:
delivery time:
storage time:
• Use a dry, wide-mouth bottle (screw cap)
• Collect sample early morning (purulent)
• Transport ASAP
• may be refrigerated but examined w/in 2-3 hrs
Suitability of Sputum for Culture
Bartlett’s Sputum Classification
< 10 epithelial cells
> 25 pus cells
Bartlett’s Classification
Number of neutrophils per low-power field
Fewer than 10
10-25
Greater than 25
Mucus
Fewer than 10 – 0
10-25 — +1
Greater than 25 — +25
Mucus — +1
Bartlett’s Classification
Number of epithelial cell per low-power field
10-25
Greater than 25
10-25 — -1
Greater than 25 — -2
Bartlett’s Classification
Scores of 0 or less indicate…
lack of inflammation or presence of saliva.
PROCEDURE for SPUTUM
+ Make a direct smear (GS & AFS)
+ Do digestion & concentration
+ Culture
Sputum
What to add? And why?
digestion & concentration technique
N-acetyl-L-cysteine-NaOH (NALC-NaOH)
• dissolve fats & mucus to free bacteria
URINE
Purpose:
Diagnosis of UTI
URINE
Method of collection:
Clean - catch midstream
Suprapubic aspiration
Cystoscopy or catheterization
URINE
Collection Time:
Early morning
URINE
• Processing:
Within 1 hour after collection
PROCESSING OF URINE
• GS of uncentrifuged urine
= rapid UTI screening
GS of uncentrifuged urine
= numerous squamous cells indicates…
(vaginal / urethral contamination)
URINE PROCEDURE FOR CULTURE:
1. Inoculate sample on…
- Incubate overnight
(+) growth
(-) no growth
BAP, EMB, Mac with a 1uL loop
(count colonies)
re-incubate for 24 hrs