Microbiology and Blood Sciences have collaborated to set up a satellite BC incubator in the A2 template. This will allow incubation of all blood culture bottles immediately they arrive in the lab. For our patients, this means:
What do you need to do?
Take blood cultures as normal
9am – 5pm: pod (2900) to Old Path block as you do currently
After hours: pod (2912) to A2 template, they will be loaded on the satellite unit overnight & repatriated to Microbiology the following morning
Your results will likely come back ~12 hours earlier – we will monitor this.
