Specimen Requirements

Submit only one of the following

Preferred:

White sterile container

Specimen Type: Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), contact lens, contact lens solution, tissue, corneal scrapings
Container/Tube: Sterile screw-capped container with 3.0 mL Page saline
Volume: Fluids 2.0 mL, CSF 1.0 mL
Minimum Volume: Fluids 1.0 mL, CSF 0.5 mL

For biopsies and corneal scraping:
1. Obtain Page saline from NUH Microbiology Laboratory.
2. Put specimen in Page saline.

For fluid specimens, send as neat sample in a sterile container.