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Taking blood for culture

Name: Taking blood for culture
Creator: Emrys Williams
Keywords: 0301 basic medicine, Blood Specimen Collection, 0303 health sciences, 03 medical and health sciences, Time Factors, Endocarditis, Needles, Anti-Infective Agents, Local, Humans, 3. Good health

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Feb 2006Publisher:Mark Allen GroupJournal:British Journal of Hospital Medicine, volume 67, pages M22-M23 (issn: 1750-8460, eissn: 1759-7390,

Authors: Emrys Williams;

doi: 10.12968/hmed.2006.67.sup2.20477

pmid: 16498909

Taking blood for culture

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Abstract

Blood cultures are a common and useful investigation. Positive blood cultures can help in confirming a clinical diagnosis, localizing the site of infection and rationalizing antibiotic therapy. This review examines some of the issues regarding the optimal methods of blood culture collection. For the purposes of this review, a blood culture is defined as the blood taken at one venepuncture, irrespective of how many bottles are inoculated.

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University Hospital of Wales
United Kingdom
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
United Kingdom

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Blood Specimen Collection, Time Factors, Endocarditis, Needles, Anti-Infective Agents, Local, Humans

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