Blood Cultures
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Author |
: Wm. Michael Dunne, Jr. |
Publisher |
: John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages |
: 335 |
Release |
: 2020-07-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781555819828 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1555819826 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (28 Downloads) |
Synopsis Dark Art of Blood Cultures by : Wm. Michael Dunne, Jr.
In the clinical microbiology laboratory, blood is a critical diagnostic sample that, in the majority of cases is sterile (or is it?). However, when microbes gain access to and multiply in the bloodstream, it can result in life-threatening illness including sepsis. Mortality rates from bloodstream infection and sepsis range from 25% to 80%, killing millions of people annually. Blood cultures are a vital technology used in the microbiology laboratory to isolate and identify microbes and predict their response to antimicrobial therapy. The Dark Art of Blood Cultures, edited by Wm. Michael Dunne, Jr., and Carey-Ann D. Burnham, surveys the entire field of blood culture technology, providing valuable information about every phase of the process, from drawing samples to culture methods to processing positive cultures. The Dark Art of Blood Cultures is organized around several major topics. History of blood culture methods. Details the timeline of blood culture methods from manual through automated and describes the technological development of the leading automated blood culture systems (Bactec, BacT/Alert, and VersaTREK). Manual and automated blood culture methods. Critiques manual and automated methods for setting up blood cultures for adult and pediatric patients. Detection of pathogens directly from blood specimens. Describes currently available CE marked and FDA-cleared commercial tests using both phenotypic and genotypic markers, including their strengths and limitations. The workflow of culturing blood. Includes best practices from specimen collection to culture system verification, processing positive cultures for microbe identification and antibiotic susceptibility determination, along with the epidemiology of positive blood cultures and the value of postmortem blood cultures. Microorganisms in the blood. Examines the concept of a blood microbiome in healthy and diseased individuals. The Dark Art of Blood Cultures is a resource that clinicians, laboratorians, lab directors, and hospital administrators will find engaging and extremely useful.
Author |
: Wm. Michael Dunne, Jr. |
Publisher |
: John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages |
: 466 |
Release |
: 2017-09-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781683673064 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1683673069 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (64 Downloads) |
Synopsis Dark Art of Blood Cultures by : Wm. Michael Dunne, Jr.
In the clinical microbiology laboratory, blood is a critical diagnostic sample that, in the majority of cases is sterile (or is it?). However, when microbes gain access to and multiply in the bloodstream, it can result in life-threatening illness including sepsis. Mortality rates from bloodstream infection and sepsis range from 25% to 80%, killing millions of people annually. Blood cultures are a vital technology used in the microbiology laboratory to isolate and identify microbes and predict their response to antimicrobial therapy. The Dark Art of Blood Cultures, edited by Wm. Michael Dunne, Jr., and Carey-Ann D. Burnham, surveys the entire field of blood culture technology, providing valuable information about every phase of the process, from drawing samples to culture methods to processing positive cultures. The Dark Art of Blood Cultures is organized around several major topics. History of blood culture methods. Details the timeline of blood culture methods from manual through automated and describes the technological development of the leading automated blood culture systems (Bactec, BacT/Alert, and VersaTREK). Manual and automated blood culture methods. Critiques manual and automated methods for setting up blood cultures for adult and pediatric patients. Detection of pathogens directly from blood specimens. Describes currently available CE marked and FDA-cleared commercial tests using both phenotypic and genotypic markers, including their strengths and limitations. The workflow of culturing blood. Includes best practices from specimen collection to culture system verification, processing positive cultures for microbe identification and antibiotic susceptibility determination, along with the epidemiology of positive blood cultures and the value of postmortem blood cultures. Microorganisms in the blood. Examines the concept of a blood microbiome in healthy and diseased individuals. The Dark Art of Blood Cultures is a resource that clinicians, laboratorians, lab directors, and hospital administrators will find engaging and extremely useful. If you are looking for online access to the latest clinical microbiology content, please visit www.wiley.com/learn/clinmicronow.
Author |
: Institute of Medicine |
Publisher |
: National Academies Press |
Total Pages |
: 722 |
Release |
: 1999-05-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780309173186 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0309173183 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Synopsis Military Strategies for Sustainment of Nutrition and Immune Function in the Field by : Institute of Medicine
Every aspect of immune function and host defense is dependent upon a proper supply and balance of nutrients. Severe malnutrition can cause significant alteration in immune response, but even subclinical deficits may be associated with an impaired immune response, and an increased risk of infection. Infectious diseases have accounted for more off-duty days during major wars than combat wounds or nonbattle injuries. Combined stressors may reduce the normal ability of soldiers to resist pathogens, increase their susceptibility to biological warfare agents, and reduce the effectiveness of vaccines intended to protect them. There is also a concern with the inappropriate use of dietary supplements. This book, one of a series, examines the impact of various types of stressors and the role of specific dietary nutrients in maintaining immune function of military personnel in the field. It reviews the impact of compromised nutrition status on immune function; the interaction of health, exercise, and stress (both physical and psychological) in immune function; and the role of nutritional supplements and newer biotechnology methods reported to enhance immune function. The first part of the book contains the committee's workshop summary and evaluation of ongoing research by Army scientists on immune status in special forces troops, responses to the Army's questions, conclusions, and recommendations. The rest of the book contains papers contributed by workshop speakers, grouped under such broad topics as an introduction to what is known about immune function, the assessment of immune function, the effect of nutrition, and the relation between the many and varied stresses encountered by military personnel and their effect on health.
Author |
: Cathy Hannabach |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 243 |
Release |
: 2016-01-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781137577825 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1137577827 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Synopsis Blood Cultures: Medicine, Media, and Militarisms by : Cathy Hannabach
Offering a cultural history of blood as it was mobilized across twentieth-century U.S. medicine, militarisms, and popular culture, Hannabach examines the ways that blood has saturated the cultural imaginary.
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: |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 1995 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:1434407433 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Synopsis Antimicrobial Therapy I by :
Author |
: Neelam Dhingra |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 109 |
Release |
: 2010 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9241599227 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9789241599221 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (27 Downloads) |
Synopsis WHO Guidelines on Drawing Blood by : Neelam Dhingra
Phlebotomy uses large, hollow needles to remove blood specimens for lab testing or blood donation. Each step in the process carries risks - both for patients and health workers. Patients may be bruised. Health workers may receive needle-stick injuries. Both can become infected with bloodborne organisms such as hepatitis B, HIV, syphilis or malaria. Moreover, each step affects the quality of the specimen and the diagnosis. A contaminated specimen will produce a misdiagnosis. Clerical errors can prove fatal. The new WHO guidelines provide recommended steps for safe phlebotomy and reiterate accepted principles for drawing, collecting blood and transporting blood to laboratories/blood banks.
Author |
: Dave Whitfield Rnd |
Publisher |
: Independently Published |
Total Pages |
: 84 |
Release |
: 2021-06-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9798521661725 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Synopsis Blood Culture by : Dave Whitfield Rnd
Offering a cultural history of blood as it was mobilized across twentieth-century U.S. medicine, militarisms, and popular culture, Hannabach examines the ways that blood has saturated the cultural imaginary. In the clinical microbiology laboratory, blood is a critical diagnostic sample that, in the majority of cases is sterile (or is it?). However, when microbes gain access to and multiply in the bloodstream, it can result in life-threatening illness including sepsis. Mortality rates from bloodstream infection and sepsis range from 25% to 80%, killing millions of people annually. Blood cultures are a vital technology used in the microbiology laboratory to isolate and identify microbes and predict their response to antimicrobial therapy. History of blood culture methods. Details the timeline of blood culture methods from manual through automated and describes the technological development of the leading automated blood culture systems (Bactec, BacT/Alert, and VersaTREK). Manual and automated blood culture methods. Critiques manual and automated methods for setting up blood cultures for adult and pediatric patients. Detection of pathogens directly from blood specimens. Describes currently available CE marked and FDA-cleared commercial tests using both phenotypic and genotypic markers, including their strengths and limitations. The workflow of culturing blood. Includes best practices from specimen collection to culture system verification, processing positive cultures for microbe identification and antibiotic susceptibility determination, along with the epidemiology of positive blood cultures and the value of postmortem blood cultures. Microorganisms in the blood. Examines the concept of a blood microbiome in healthy and diseased individuals.
Author |
: Clsi |
Publisher |
: NCCLC |
Total Pages |
: 53 |
Release |
: 2007-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1562386417 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781562386412 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis Principles and Procedures for Blood Cultures by : Clsi
Author |
: Cathy Hannabach |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 162 |
Release |
: 2016-01-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781137577825 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1137577827 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Synopsis Blood Cultures: Medicine, Media, and Militarisms by : Cathy Hannabach
Offering a cultural history of blood as it was mobilized across twentieth-century U.S. medicine, militarisms, and popular culture, Hannabach examines the ways that blood has saturated the cultural imaginary.
Author |
: Amber Lindsey |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2015 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:1354790561 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Synopsis Decreasing Blood Culture Contamination Rate by : Amber Lindsey
Blood cultures are the gold standard for the diagnosis of bacteremia. Blood culture testing is routinely used to diagnose infections in patients within the acute care hospital setting. The problem faced with this diagnostic test is the increase in nonpathogenic flora, which is considered contaminated flora. Contaminated blood cultures adversely impact health care and medical expenditure. False-positive blood cultures lead to unnecessary use of antibiotics, extended length of stay in the hospital and additional microbiological studies. Contaminated cultures are costly to all parties involved. The aim of this project is to decrease blood culture contamination in a Southwest Community Hospital. This paper discusses the educational intervention in an emergency department to decrease the amount of false-positive blood cultures. The implementation of the multi-step intervention was to first educate the staff on the proper collection technique, monitor the individual collectors on a monthly basis and provide one-on-one feedback on their individual contamination rate. The goal of the project was to decrease collector contamination rate below the national standard of a 3% contamination rate. The individual collectors were acknowledge for zero contaminations by their manager and counseled if exceeded the national standard. Evidence-based research studies have proven adequate monitoring and oversight contributes to significant and ongoing reductions in blood culture contamination (Denno, 2013).