Specimen Type

Acceptable fluid types:

Synovial fluid (SYN)

Serous fluids - Pleural (PLEU), Thoracentesis (THOR)

                      - Ascitic (ASCT), Peritoneal (PERT), Paracentesis (PAR)

                      - Pericardial (PERI)

Peritoneal Dialysate (PERD)

NOTE: preferred collected in EDTA (lavander), but any sterile container is acceptable

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) - test code CCNT

Note: preferred collection is Sterile Spinal Fluid collection tubes

          Please see link for CSF https://gphealth.testcatalog.org/show/CCNT-2