Author: Jennifer Flavell

I received a swab for bacterial culture that had no source written on it.   Nurse was called to find out source and their reply was “skin”.   I had to explain that since the entire outer surface of the human body is covered in skin I was really gonna need a much more specific source. Submitted… Continue reading Specimen Source: Skin

I got a call from a nurse who wanted to know if she could add on a stool culture to the sample we had received earlier for C.diff.  I said, "Sure! Just put in the add on request." I pulled sample and set up the stool culture.  2 hrs later, she sends a new stool sample on the… Continue reading Repeat Stool Culture