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BD BACTEC Blood culture system: Introduction, Principle and Processing
BD BACTEC Blood Culture System Introduction BD BACTEC Blood Culture System Conventional blood culture Vs BD Bactec Blood culture is used to detect blood-borne pathogens essential in identifying bacteria responsible for bacteremia and sepsis. Nowadays, Several automated blood culture systems are available commercially. The advantages of all those such systems are the elimination of the need for blind subculture and the shortening of the usual incubation period of five to seven days. It also minimizes contamination and...
Sodium hypochlorite: Introduction, Preparation and Uses
Introduction of Sodium hypochlorite Sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) in solution exhibits broad-spectrum anti-microbial ( bacteria, virus, fungi, and parasites) activity and is widely used in healthcare facilities in a variety of settings. It is usually diluted in water depending on its intended use. "Strong chlorine solution" is a 0.5% solution of hypochlorite (containing approximately 5000 ppm free chlorine) used for disinfecting areas contaminated with body fluids, including large blood spills (the area is first cleaned with detergent...
Sodium Polyanethol Sulfonate : Introduction, Properties, Uses and Demerits
Introduction of Sodium Polyanethol Sulfonate Sodium polyanethol sulfonate (SPS) is a synthetic polymer of anetholesulfonic acid i.e. a polyanionic detergent. It is a commonly used anticoagulant in human blood culture media. Its trade name is liquoid. Its constituent in culture media uses to grow bacteria from blood samples of patients suspected of bacteremia. SPS prevents the killing of bacteria by various means like innate cellular and humoral factors. The research articles are suggestive of the effect...