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Test Code BLD Blood Culture [Aerobic & Anaerobic], Whole Blood   Newark

Specimen Volume

Varies

Preferred Specimen

Blood Culture Bottle

Specimen Handling Instructions

Collect in special Blood Culture bottles. Limit is 3 sets of aerobic/anaerobic bottles per patient. Requests to R/O acid fast bacilli or fungus, use yellow SPS tube.

Transport

Routine courier pick-up

Cutoff Time

None

Department

Microbiology

Methodology

Culture

Stat Turn-around Time

N/A

Routine Turn-around Time

5 Days

Reference Ranges

No bacteria or yeast isolated