BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: Identifying the pathogens present in blood stream infections is
crucial to initiate appropriate antimicrobial therapy and avoid morbidity and mortality. The …

Manufacturers generally recommend that blood culture bottles be loaded into instruments
within a short time of collection. However, in our experience, delays often occur prior to …

Objective To determine blood culture (BC) diagnostic speed when combining an automated
BC system with rapid loading of inoculated bottles throughout the 24 h. Methods A total of …

Background: By varying the collected blood volume and storage temperature of the blood
culture bottles prior to entry in an automated blood culture system, growth of organisms will …

ABSTRACT Using the BacT/Alert automated system, we conducted a 1-year retrospective
study on blood cultures, focusing on the relevance of routine use of the anaerobic bottle. The …

This study examined the effects on patients with bacteremia of delaying the insertion of a
blood culture bottle into an automated, continuously monitoring blood culture system. We …

Background: This study was done to compare the growth of pathogens in paired
aerobic/anaerobic blood culture bottles versus the use of only aerobic bottles, and to …

The effect of delayed entry (2–48 h) into BacTAlert 3D and BACTEC 9240 and the effect of 2
storage temperatures (22° C vs 35° C) on bacterial growth was evaluated. The delay in …

Recently, we published a comparison of the BacT/Alert blood culture system with the bactec
660/730 nonradiometric blood culture system using blood inocula of 5 ml per bottle. By …

Objective: To evaluate the performance of continuously working blood culture systems in a
discontinuous laboratory system. Methods: The systems used were BacT/Alert (Organon …