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-What is a Blood Culture?  (Blood C&S)
+What is a Blood Culture?
-== Protocol ==
 A blood culture is a microbiological "procedure" that is ordered as a '''set.'''
-'''One set''' consists of 2 to 3 bottles of blood from two different sites within 5 mins or so, of each other. (1 aerobic bottle & 1 or 2 anaerobic bottle)
+'''One set''' consists of 2 to 3 bottles of blood from two different sites. (1 aerobic bottle & 1 or 2 anaerobic bottle)
-The '''set''' is counted as ONE blood culture for [[Labs collected list]].
 Hospital all have a nursing procedure protocol.
-=== samples not taken to protocol ===
-* 2 bottles from 1 venipuncture site, this is not a complete blood culture and the question is "why would a unit not be following a protocol"?
-** This should only be counted as ONE SET of blood cultures.
-*** so even if it doesn't meet protocol fully, count it anyway? Ttenbergen 10:01, 2014 August 7 (CDT)
-==article related to==
-*[[Central Line Related Blood stream Infection (CLR-BSI)]]
-*[[Septic Shock]]
-*[[QA Septic Shock]]
-*[[Septicemia/Bacteremia/Fungemia]],
-*[[Urosepsis]]
+{{Discussion}}
+bottles from 1 venipuncture site, this is not a complete blood culture and the question is "why would a unit not be following a protocol"?
+{{Usually it is because of difficulty accessing blood from patients so staff were not able to send all 3 bottles}}
+Should only be counted as ONE SET of blood cultures.
 [[Category: Labs]]
-[[Category: Infection]]