1. 10 mL of blood in a BACTEC® Aerobic/F (blue) culture bottle and 10 mL of blood in a BACTEC® Anaerobic/F (purple) culture bottle. Do not overfill bottle.
2. Label bottles with patient’s name (first and last), date and time of collection, and type of specimen.
3. Maintain sterility and forward promptly at ambient temperature only.
BacT/ALERT® Vials, Aerobic and Anaerobic
Note: Instrument reads each culture every 10 minutes around the clock, so there is no delay in reporting positive results.
No growth
Critical value (automatic call-back): all positive results
Monday through Sunday
Available STAT
87040-Culture, blood
87077-Aerobic isolate (if appropriate)
87186-Per organism for routine battery (if appropriate)