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Intravascular Device Culture |
| Test | Intravascular Device Culture |
| Indication | Culture of intravascular devices should be limited to patients who have laboratory confirmed bacteremia or who appear clinically septic. |
| Physiology | Intravascular devices are used to provide continuous vascular access for a variety of therapeutic and diagnostic purposes. Their use in individuals with serious underlying illness and they penetrate the integument and increase the risk of infection. |
| Normal Range | Roll plate cultures: < 15 colonies, sonicated specimen < 10 4 colonies. |
| Sample | I.V. catheter tip, foreign body, blood collected through catheter. |
| Test Method | Roll plate semiquantitative cultures, Quantitative sonication method, Comparative quanitiaive cultures. |
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