DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2017.v05i06.004

Pages: 2052-2056

Rapid isolation and reliable diagnosis of blood borne infections and characterization of bacterial microorganisms is one of the important tasks for clinical microbiologists. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the Time to Detection of various micro organisms with BACTEC 9120. This study was done on Blood Culture samples obtained from the outpatients as well as admitted patients at IndraprastNadia Sufdar Ali , Lecturer , Department of MLT, College of Applied Medical sciences, Jazan University, Jizan, KSA.ha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi. The BACTEC fluorescent series instruments, BACTEC 9120, are designed for the rapid detection of bacteria and fungi in clinical cultures of blood. Samples are drawn from patient and injected directly into BACTEC culture vials. Positive cultures are immediately flagged by an indicator light on the front of the instrument and displayed on the monitor. When positive vials are identified, the lab technologist pulls them from the instrument for confirmation of results, and for isolation and identification of the organism.