Blood Culture Sample Collection

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  1. 2. Orange blood culture bottle
  2. 5. Green blood culture bottle
  3. 6. Standard Precaution PPE to be worn for all specimen collections
  4. 8. What you should let the skin and tops of the blood culture bottles do after disinfecting.
  5. 9. 2x2 pad to stop blood flow after the needle is removed from the puncture site
  6. 10. Information to be displayed on the blood culture bottles before sending to lab
  7. 13. Amount of blood to be collected in each culture bottle
  8. 15. The team we want to draw our blood culture samples whenever possible
  9. 16. Two pieces of information needed to ensure that the correct order is carried out on the right patient
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  1. 1. Procedure done before and after making direct contact with the patient
  2. 2. Used to disinfect the tops of the blood culture bottles before specimen transfer
  3. 3. What you should do to each blood culture bottle 8-10 times after filling with the appropriate amount of specimen in order to mix the sample with the medium
  4. 4. A stretchy band applied at least 2" above the blood draw site that is removed once blood starts to flow into the collection container
  5. 7. Used to transfer blood directly from the venipuncture site into the blood culture bottles
  6. 11. Preferred method for collecting a blood culture sample
  7. 12. A lab specimen to detect infection of the bloodstream
  8. 14. The preferred type of solution to disinfect patient skin before drawing blood cultures from a site