Water Bacteriology Comments

Comments related to Membrane Filtration 1 L : LESS THAN 2 EST : ESTIMATED COUNT 3 OG : OVERGROWN 4 OG : OVERGROWN WITH COIFRM PRESENT 5 OG : OVERGROWN WITHOUT COLIFORM PRESENT 6 OG : OVERGROWN WITH COLIFORMS AND FECAL COLIFORMS PRESENT 7 OG : OVERGROWN WITHOUT FECAL COLIFORMS PRESENT 8 OG : OVERGROWN WITH COLIFORM AND E.COLI PRESENT 9 *OG & EST RESULTS INDICATE HEAVY BACKGROUND GROWTH, PREVENTING ACCURATE COLIFORM DETERMINATION. WITH OG RESULT, RE-SAMPLE FOR MPN TESTING & INDICATE “OG REPEAT” ON REQUISITION 10 OG RESULT INDICATES CONFLUENT BACTERIAL GROWTH ON MEMBRANE PREVENTING ACCURATE COLIFORM DETERMINATION. RE-SAMPLE FOR MPN TESTING BY INDICATING “OF REPEAT” ON REQUISITION 11 EST RESULT INDICATES HIGH COLONY DENSITY ON MEMBRANE PREVENTING ACCURATE COLIFORM COUNTING 12 MORE THAN 200 BACKGROUND COLONIES NOTED ON TOTAL COLIFORM MEMBRANE FILTER PER 100 ML 13 L:LESS THAN; PARTITION PROCEDURE NOT REQUIRED; FECAL COLIFORM NEGATIVE MEANS E. COLI ALSO NEGATIVE. 14 L:LESS THAN; PARTITION PROCEDURE NOT REQUIRED; TOTAL COLIFORM NEGATIVE MEANS E. COLI ALSO NEGATIVE.

Comments related to Pool samples 1 L : LESS THAN 2 G : GREATER THAN 3 NO GREEN PIGMENT NOTED IN LAURYL TRYPTOSE BROTH CULTURES 4 GREEN PIGMENT NOTED IN 1/5 LAURYL TRYPTOSE BROTH CULTUES; INDICATIVE OF PRESENCE OF PSEUDOMONAS SPECIES 5 GREEN PIGMENT NOTED IN 2/5 LAURYL TRYPTOSE BROTH CULTUES; INDICATIVE OF PRESENCE OF PSEUDOMONAS SPECIES 6 GREEN PIGMENT NOTED IN 3/5 LAURYL TRYPTOSE BROTH CULTUES; INDICATIVE OF PRESENCE OF PSEUDOMONAS SPECIES 7 GREEN PIGMENT NOTED IN 4/5 LAURYL TRYPTOSE BROTH CULTUES; INDICATIVE OF PRESENCE OF PSEUDOMONAS SPECIES 8 GREEN PIGMENT NOTED IN 5/5 LAURYL TRYPTOSE BROTH CULTUES; INDICATIVE OF PRESENCE OF PSEUDOMONAS SPECIES 9 GREEN PIGMENT NOTED IN 1/5 TO 5/5 LAURYL TRYPTOSE BROTH CULTURES; INDICATIVE OF PRESENCE OF PSEUDOMONAS SPECIES 10 GREEN PIGMENT NOTED IN 2/5 TO 5/5 LAURYL TRYPTOSE BROTH CULTURES; INDICATIVE OF PRESENCE OF PSEUDOMONAS SPECIES 11 GREEN PIGMENT NOTED IN 3/5 TO 5/5 LAURYL TRYPTOSE BROTH CULTURES; INDICATIVE OF PRESENCE OF PSEUDOMONAS SPECIES 12 GREEN PIGMENT NOTED IN 4/5 TO 5/5 LAURYL TRYPTOSE BROTH CULTURES; INDICATIVE OF PRESENCE OF PSEUDOMONAS SPECIES

General comments 1 A : SAMPLE NOT TESTED; TOO LONG IN TRANSIT 2 C : SAMPLE LEAKED / BROKEN IN TRANSIT 3 D : SAMPLE NOT TESTED; NO COLLECTION DATE GIVEN 4 F : SAMPLE NOT TESTED; INCOMPLETE COLLECTION DATE GIVEN 5 H : LABORATORY ACCIDENT 6 T : SAMPLE SUBMITTED UNSATISFACTORY. EXCEEDED 30 HOURS HOLDING TIME. PLEASE RESAMPLE 7 ADDRESS BOX NOT FILLED IN BY SENDER 8 NO SOURCE GIVEN ON SAMPLE BOTTLE LABEL 9 NO IDENTIFICATION GIVEN ON SAMPLE BOTTLE LABEL 10 NO REQUISITION FORM RECEIVED WITH SAMPLE. ALL INFORMATION COPIED FROM SAMPLE BOTTLE LABEL 11 REQUISITION RECEIVED SEPARATELY FROM SAMPLE 12 **PRELIMINARY REPORT** 13 **FINAL REPORT** 14 QUALITATIVE RESULT WILL BE REPORTED BY TELEPHONE WHEN TEST IS COMPLETED. NO WRITTEN REPORT WILL BE ISSUED. 15 BAR CODE CANNOT BE SCANNED 16 SAMPLE RECEIVED FROZEN. TOTAL COLIFORM/E.COLI TEST RESULTS MAY NOT BE VALID. 17 SAMPLE RECEIVED PARTIALLY FROZEN. TOTAL COLIFORM/E. COLI TEST RESULTS MAY NOT BE VALID.