High density bottle drum for storage, agitation and reading of blood culture bottles and methods of storing

An apparatus for storing and monitoring blood culture bottles. The apparatus has a moveable rack configured as a drum having a plurality of receptacles therein for receiving blood culture bottles. The drum is disposed in a housing. The housing includes a heater and a blower for incubating the blood...

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Hauptverfasser: LENTZ, Ammon David, LOHAN, Daniel Justin, WENGER, Kevin, ARMSTRONG, Robert Edward, POHL, Brent Ronald, ZERWECK, Jason, MURRAY, Christopher
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:An apparatus for storing and monitoring blood culture bottles. The apparatus has a moveable rack configured as a drum having a plurality of receptacles therein for receiving blood culture bottles. The drum is disposed in a housing. The housing includes a heater and a blower for incubating the blood culture bottles at elevated temperatures. Optionally the apparatus has a plurality of drums, each having a plurality of receptacles for receiving blood culture bottles.