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URINE COLONY COUNT COMBINATION - MC4
MC4
Analytes/procedures in bold type are regulated for proficiency testing by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Procedure
Challenges per Shipment
Number of Shipments
Urine colony count/ urine culture identification
5
Three shipments per year
Group AStreptococcusantigen detection*
3
Throat culture
3
*If your laboratory uses a waived method for Group A Streptococcus, these results will not count toward the required five challenges for the subspecialty of bacteriology.
Program Information
Five urine specimens with diluents, three swab specimens with diluents in duplicate, and three swab specimens for bacterial antigen detection
Throat swabs compatible with molecular- and culture-based methods
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