Diagnostic Laboratory Services, Inc. : DLS is Hawaii's locally owned clinical and diagnostic testing medical lab

Ordering Code	661
Test Name	VRE Culture Screen
Alias	Culture, VRE Only Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus Culture Screen
Preferred Specimen	Nare, Rectum, Axilla, Torso or Groin Swab, Stool
Preferred Container	Eswab or other culturette with bacteriostatic media (e.g CultureSwab Plus)
Other Specimen/Container	Stool in Fecal Swab or Cary-Blair Transport, Stool in clean container
Optimum Volume	Swab: 2 Swabs Stool, Buffered (FecalSwab or Cary-Blair) & Unbuffered: 5 gm
Collection Instructions	Stool, Buffered (FecalSwab or Cary-Blair): Stool should not be contaminated with urine. Add enough specimen so that the solution comes up to the line marked on the Cary-Blair vial Stool, Unbuffered: Stool should not be contaminated with urine.
Transport Requirements	Swab: Oahu: Ambient, Airline: Ambient Stool, Buffered (FecalSwab or Cary-Blair): Oahu: Ambient, Airline: Ambient Stool, Unbuffered: Oahu: Refrigerated, Airline: Refrigerated
Specimen Stability	Swab: Ambient: 2 Days, Refrigerated: 2 Days Stool, Buffered (FecalSwab or Cary-Blair): Ambient: 4 Days Stool, Unbuffered: Ambient: 2 Hours, Refrigerated: 24 Hours
Rejection Criteria	Dry cotton swab, Frozen, Specimen older than stability limits, Stool received in Formalin/PVA, Stool in diaper or tissue paper, Stool contaminated with urine
Avail. Stat	NO
Analytic Time	Up to 3 Days Preliminary results at 24 hours.
Methodology	Visual examination of bacterial growth on selective media.

Reference range(s)

The reference ranges listed below are valid on this date of April 25, 2024.