Microbial recovery from clot-activating Vacutainers®

Shangxin Yang; Ian H McHardy; Peera Hemarajata; Max T Wu; Omai B Garner

doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2016.05.015

Microbial recovery from clot-activating Vacutainers®

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2016 Aug;85(4):395-7. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2016.05.015. Epub 2016 May 24.

Authors

Shangxin Yang¹, Ian H McHardy¹, Peera Hemarajata¹, Max T Wu¹, Omai B Garner²

Affiliations

¹ Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
² Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Electronic address: OGarner@mednet.ucla.edu.

PMID: 27306117
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2016.05.015

Abstract

Biological specimens for microbiological analysis are often collected in BD Vacutainers®, which are not specifically designed for microbial recovery. Bacterial and fungal recovery was analyzed for glass and plastic tubes with or without clot-activating silica. No significant impact was found for the recovery of most bacteria and yeasts tested, however, Haemophilus influenzae recovery from cerebrospinal fluid was significantly reduced in both glass and plastic clot activator tubes.

Keywords: BD Vacutainers; Bacterial recovery; Clinical microbiology.

Publication types

Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

Bacteria / isolation & purification*
Body Fluids / microbiology*
Humans
Specimen Handling / methods*
Yeasts / isolation & purification*