Preventing Blood Culture Contamination
October 17, 2017 | Terry Sharrer
Even with wiping the skin with an alcohol swab before taking a blood draw, skin bacteria can contaminate the sample giving false positives for sepsis. This happens in the US annually at more than 1.2 million false positive readings. This piece describes a new device from Magnolia Medical (Seattle, WA) that can take a blood draw without contaminating the sample. MORE
See the video for how it works
Image Credit: Magnolia Medical