Blood Culture Collection

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Across
  1. 5. Number of seconds the skin must be scrubbed
  2. 7. A severe blood stream infection that may lead to organ failure
  3. 10. Perform before donning gloves to prevent contamination
  4. 11. Strict protocols that reduce infection transmissions
  5. 14. Blood culture samples are place in this to all microorganisms to grow
  6. 16. This lab analyzes blood cultures results
Down
  1. 1. A false positive is the result
  2. 2. This rubber component is punctured by the needle when drawing a culture
  3. 3. Bacteria that are identified using blood cultures
  4. 4. Positive Can lead to unnecessary treatment and hospitalization
  5. 6. Avoid doing this to the skin once disinfected
  6. 8. Collect a blood culture sample using this technique
  7. 9. Accurate results can be ensured by drawing from what sites
  8. 12. This sample is collected first
  9. 13. Bacteria resistent to multiple antibiotics
  10. 15. Blood culture bottles that detect bacteria able to thrive without oxygen