Blood culture (adult set)

Test Information

• Container:
  Aerobic - BD BACTEC PLUSTM/F (Blue), Anaerobic- BD BACTEC Lytic/10 Anaerobic/F (Purple)
   
• Collection conditions:
  Aerobic blood culture. Prior to innoculation, disinfect the culture botle top, label the bottle with patient's details without covering the barcode. Innoculate the bottle with between 1-5ml of the fluid. After inoculation, disinfect the bottle top.-
   
• Reporting Frequency:
  TAT Negative - 5 days. Up to 21 days for extended culture
   

• Additional information

  Negative bottles are kept for 48 hours, positive bottles for 3 months
  

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