Alert

Culture, Pleural Fluid

Container/Specimen Type Aspirate = Syringe with No Needle, or Sterile Specimen cup

or

Container/Specimen Type
Aspirate

Test ID   LAB5092
EPIC Order   Pleural Fluid Culture
CPT Code   87070
Group/Individual Test   Individual
Laboratory   Clinical Microbiology; 984-974-1805
Tube Station   82
Specimen Routine: Syringe with NO NEEDLE, or Sterile Specimen cup; See Comments
Availability Routine: 24 hrs/day, 7 days/week 
Gram Stain:   Yes
Fungal Direct:   By Request Only
Turnaround Time   7 days (if negative)
     
Comments
  • Deliver within 2 hours of collection

Reviewed by J. Carr on December 04, 2025

UNC Hospitals
McLendon Clinical Laboratories
101 Manning Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27514