What is blood culture?
Dr. Narendra Saini, MBBS, MD, Internal/General Medicine, will discuss about blood culture in this video. He says that when there is a suspicion of microorganisms or septicaemia in the blood, then blood culture is done. Before taking a blood culture, a bottle, a syringe, an alcohol swab, chlorhexidine or iodine swab and a tourniquet is needed. Also, he mentioned that the organisms needed to be collected should be from the blood only not from the skin flora. Skin should be sterilized by antiseptic chlorhexidine or iodine swab. The blood collection is generally from the elbow area. While collecting the blood, the bottle of the blood culture mentions how much blood needs to be drawn.
Dr. Narendra Saini
MBBS - University College of Medical Sciences Delhi MD - Lady Harding Medical College, Delhi Expertise in Treatment of Conditions - Type 1 Diabetes Treatment, Geriatric Medicine, Blood Pressure Management. He has been awarded by for his distinguish services - American Association & British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (BAIPO) Services offered/Procedures performed Critical Care Medicine, Rheumatology, Infectious Disease Treatment, Thyroid Disorder Treatment, Sport and Exercise Medicine.
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