3631 x 5446 px | 30,7 x 46,1 cm | 12,1 x 18,2 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
25 avril 2013
Informations supplémentaires:
2 blood culture bottles (orange and mint green / aerobic and anaerobic) and a safe butterfly needle with vacutainer. 2 bloedkweekflesjes (oranje en mintgroen/aëroob en anaëroob) en een veilige vleugelnaald met vacutainer. A blood culture is a medical laboratory test used to detect bacteria or fungi in a person's blood. Blood is normally considered to be sterile, and the presence of microbes in the blood can indicate a bloodstream infection such as bacteremia or fungemia, which in severe cases may result in sepsis. By culturing the blood, microbes can be identified and tested for resistance to antimicrobial drugs, which allows clinicians to provide an effective treatment. Obtaining blood for culture involves drawing the blood into bottles that contain a liquid formula that enhances microbial growth. Usually, two containers are collected during one blood draw, one of which is designed to grow organisms that require oxygen, and one of which is for organisms that do not. The containers are placed in an incubator for several days to allow the organisms to multiply. If microbial growth is detected, a Gram stain is conducted from the culture bottle to confirm that organisms are present and provide preliminary information about their identity. The blood is then subcultured, meaning it is inoculated onto an agar plate to isolate microorganisms for full identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing. Because it is essential that bloodstream infections are diagnosed and treated quickly, rapid identification and susceptibility testing methods have been developed which bypass the subculturing step.
