As we continue to work towards a complete resumption of service levels for all of our Microbiology Culture testing, this communication presents a summary of the updates shared by Dynacare to date.
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Start Date of Resumption
to Normal Service Levels
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Test Codes and Description
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Service Availability
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Started Monday, August 21st
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CSS: CULTURE: STOOL
CUL: CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY: OTHER
CSV: CULTURE: URETHRAL
STREPB: CULTURE: STREP GROUP B
CSN: CULTURE: NOSE
CUL: CULTURE: SEMEN
TAPE: PINWORM (TAPE TEST)
MRSA: CULTURE: MRSA (Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus)
VRE: CULTURE VRE (VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS)
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5 days a week
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Started Tuesday, September 5th
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CSU: CULTURE: URINE
CST: CULTURE: THROAT
CSTGC: CULTURE: THROAT AND GONORRHEA CULTURE THROAT
STREP: CULTURE: THROAT + RAPID STREP A TEST
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7 days a week
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Read More - Update on Resumption of Microbiology Culture Services - Dobrin