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A blood culture is a microbiological "procedure" that is ordered as a '''set.''' | 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 a very short time of each other. (1 or 2 aerobic bottle & 1 anaerobic bottle) | '''One set''' consists of 2 to 3 bottles of blood from two different sites within a very short time of each other. (1 or 2 aerobic bottle & 1 anaerobic bottle)??Isnt this from one clean site (peripherally) and then from an old site such as a picc line or central or art line you take an aerobic sample. | ||
The '''set''' is counted as ONE blood culture for [[Labs collected list]]. | The '''set''' is counted as ONE blood culture for [[Labs collected list]]. | ||
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* 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"? | * 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. | ** This should only be counted as ONE SET of blood cultures. | ||
*** 1 aerobic and 1 anaerobic bottle from 1 site = 1 count//// 2aerobic and 2 anaerobic bottles =4 bottles from 2 different site = 2 count Is this not correct? | |||
==article related to== | ==article related to== | ||
*[[Central Line Related Blood stream Infection (CLR-BSI)]] | *[[Central Line Related Blood stream Infection (CLR-BSI)]] | ||