| Specimen: |
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Collect: |
Blood Culture Bottle
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Submit: |
Blood Culture Bottle. Submit Ambient.
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Special Handling: |
Time Sensitive
Special blood culture bottles are required. Decontaminate skin with 70% alcohol followed by providone-iodine preparation. Allow disinfectant to remain on skin at least 2 minutes. After puncture site is disinfected, do not touch site. Collect 5-10 mL (0.5 - 4 mL for pediatrics) blood for each bottle required using a syringe. Decontaminate top of culture bottle and transfer blood into it. Site of specimen draw is required (e.g. left antecubital, A-line, etc). |
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Stability: |
Ambient: 24 Hour(s); Refrigerated: Unacceptable; Frozen: Unacceptable; Incubated: Unacceptable |
| Methodology: |
Culture |
| Performed: |
Sun-Sat |
| Reported: |
5-6 Day(s)
Blood cultures are held for 5 days before issuing a negative report. All positive cultures are reported as STAT telephone reports. |
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