Gastric Aspirate, Wright Stain/Gram Stain

Method Name

Manual

Aliases

Gastric Aspirate, Wright Stain, Gastric Aspirate - Wright Stain

Specimen Required

gastric aspirate in a clean, dry, container.

Specimen Minimum Volume

0.5 mL of aspirate

Special Instructions

Deliver immediately to the Laboratory and notify Laboratory staff when you arrive with the specimen.

Performing Laboratory

As ordered. Turn around time is 4 hours.

Reference Values

See report