Question | Answer |
What top is used for a Aerobic blood culture?(W/Oxygen) | Blue |
What tube top is used for a Anaerobic blood culture? (W/Out Oxygen) | Yellow |
On a Adult, how many Ml per bottle do you need for a draw? | 5 mL per bottle = 10 mL total.
(2 bottles required) 1-Blue Aerobic
1-Yellow Anaerobic |
On a Pediatrics, how many Ml per bottle do you need for a draw? | 1 mL per bottle = 2 mL total. (2 bottles required) 1-Blue Aerobic 1-Yellow Anaerobic |
What are some Common Tests of the BCX or Blood Culture Draw? | Fungle Culture, Spinal Tap, Eff - Meningitis, stool - especially cryptosporidium |
What LAB are BCX or Blood Cultures taken to? | Microbiology |
What is a BCX? | Blood Culture |
What # Tube is a BCX or Blood Culture? | Tube #1 |
What is the #2 COLOR of the Order of Draw? | #2 COLOR - Light Blue top tube |
What is the #3 COLOR of the Order of Draw? | #3 COLOR is TIGER |
What is the #4 COLOR of the Order of Draw? | #4 COLOR is GREEN |
What is the #5 COLOR of the Order of Draw? | #5 COLOR is LAVENDAR |
What is the #6 COLOR of the Order of Draw? | #6 COLOR is GRAY |
What is the #7 COLOR of the Order of Draw? | #7 COLOR is ROYAL GRAY |
Which bottle is larger for a BCX (Blood Culture) A Adult or a Pediatric | Neither, they are both the same size.
Note: (bottles always come in a set of 2) |