Test Code 4010101 Culture Blood
Specimen Requirements
Adult: 8-10 mL whole blood per bottle
Pediatric: 2-4 mL whole blood in one pediatric bottle
Container
Bact/ALERT aerobic and anerobic blood culture bottles
Bact/Alert pediatric blood culture bottle
Minimum Volume
Adult: 8 mL per bottle
Pediatric: 2 mL
Analytical Time
5 days
Method
BacT/Alert Continuous Monitoring System
CPT Code
87040
Performing Laboratory
Springfield Hospital Laboratory
Reflex Testing
Blood culture bottles that are flagged as positive will have a Gram stain performed. If the Gram stain contains organisms, the BioFire Blood Culture ID (BCID) panel will be automatically performed, potentially giving rapid organism identification results to clinicians. (Unless the gram stain results differ, the BioFire Blood Culture ID panel is only performed on the first positive blood culture bottle)