Grams Staining

What is the GRAMS STAINING?

Grams Staining includes Gram Stain Report. The listed sample is SPUTUM or BIOPSY or TISSUE or BODY FLUIDS or PLEURAL FLUID or PERICARDIAL TAP or SYNOVIAL FLUID or GASTRIC LAVAGE or ASCITIC FLUID or LYMPH NODES or PUS or ABSCESS or FNAC or SWABS or THROAT SWAB or WOUND SWAB or PUS SWAB or VAGINAL SWAB or RECTAL SWABS or EAR SWAB or ASPIRATES or COLD ABSCESS or URETHRAL SAMPLE or URINE. The parameter table provides the available units and method details. Discuss the measurements with your clinician in the context of the investigations requested.

What does the Grams Staining measure?

1 parameter. Expand a group to see the measurements, units and available method details.

The reference interval printed on your actual laboratory report governs interpretation. Intervals can vary by laboratory, method, age, sex and pregnancy. Methods can also vary by processing laboratory.

GRAMS STAINING: sample & preparation

Sample: Urine or swab. Fasting: Not required.

• The clinician should collect the specimen (sputum, body fluid, pus, swab, tissue or aspirate as clinically indicated) into a sterile container before starting antibiotics, and send it to the laboratory promptly.

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