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Principles of obtaining blood for culture

Public Health England, 2014

Venous blood cultures are a crucial diagnostic method to identify serious infection, including bacteraemia. The accuracy of venous blood cultures is determined by several clinical and technical factors:

  • method of blood sample collection
  • number and timing of blood samples
  • volume of blood samples
  • previous antimicrobial therapy.
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