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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)