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BACT/ALERT® WORKSAFE™ Blood Culture Kits

Blood Culture Collection In One Convenient Package

WORKSAFE blood culture collection kits are the perfect complement to BACT/ALERT® automated microbial detection systems.

 

Overview

BACT/ALERT WORKSAFE blood culture collection kits provide a safe, complete, efficient way to reduce contamination1 alongside our BACT/ALERT® system.

Antimicrobial Stewardship

A world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics for more than 60 years, bioMérieux provides diagnostic solutions that determine the cause of disease and contamination to improve patient health and ensure consumer safety. bioMérieux is a partner you can work with to enhance your antimicrobial stewardship efforts, providing faster, more accurate and actionable results that can help improve health outcomes and potentially deliver measurable downstream savings.

WORKSAFE Collection Kits support antimicrobial stewardship by by standardizing blood collection processes, which can help reduce contamination, and improve diagnostic confidence.


Features & Specs

WORKSAFE kits come with all the tools you need to proactively address blood safety. Blood culture collection kits have been shown to reduce contamination.Every kit contains:

  • BACT/ALERT Bottle(s)
  • Blood Collection Adapter
  • Alcohol Prep Pad(s)
  • Bandages
  • Biohazard Bag
  • Prevantics® SWABSTICK (Chlorhexindine Gluconate 3.15%* and Isopropyl Alcohol [70%] Swab)
  • Instruction Sheet
  • Tourniquet

*Equivalent to 50 mg of Chlorhexidine Gluconate per pouch

With WORKSAFE blood culture collection kits, you can implement best practices, reduce collection errors, and control contamination costs.1

WORKSAFE-kit

BACT/ALERT® FAN® PLUS Kits

FAN PLUS Media has been shown to have superior recovery time to detection when compared to FAN and Standard Medias. See below for specs of our PLUS kits.

WORKSAFE-FAN-Plus-Media-Kit

 

NAME OF KITBOTTLES IN KITADAPTERCATALOG
PLUSBACT/ALERT FA PLUS , BACT/ALERT FN PLUSICU Medical Saf-T Holder® - MALE422080
PLUS PediatricBACT/ALERT PF PLUSICU Medical Saf-T Holder® - MALE422082

REFERENCES: 

1. Bamber AI, Cunniffe JG, Nayar D, Gangul R, Falconer E. Effectiveness of introducing blood culture collection packs to reduce contamination rates. Brit J Biomed Sci. 2009;66(1):6-9. doi: 10.1080/09674845.2009.11730236