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

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 50 years, bioMérieux provides diagnostic solutions (reagents, instruments, software/middleware) which 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 deliver measurable downstream savings.

WORKSAFE Collection Kits support antimicrobial stewardship by helping reduce false positive blood cultures to better enable appropriate use of antibiotics.


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

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.1 Every kit contains:

  • BACT/ALERT Bottle(s)
  • Blood Collection Adapter
  • 2” x 2” Gauze
  • Alcohol Prep Pad(s)
  • Bandage
     
  • Biohazard Bag
  • Prevantics® SWABSTICK (3.15% Chlorohexidine Gluconate)
  • Instruction Sheet
     
  • Tourniquet

With WORKSAFE blood culture collection kits, you can implement best practices, reduce collection errors, and control contamination costs1.


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

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.

NAME OF KIT BOTTLES IN KIT ADAPTER CATALOG
PLUS BACT/ALERT FA PLUS , BACT/ALERT FN PLUS Smiths Medical Saf-T Holder® - MALE 279102
PLUS Combo BACT/ALERT FA PLUS, BACT/ALERT SN Smiths Medical Saf-T Holder® - MALE 422080
PLUS Pediatric BACT/ALERT PF PLUS Smiths Medical Saf-T Holder® - MALE 422082

>> Learn more about our BACT/ALERT® FAN PLUS MEDIA

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