New Blood Culture Bottles

Information on the new analysers

The new BD BACTEC™ FX analysers will mean all blood culture samples, across all hospital sites in the Synnovis network, will be managed by the same system. The analysers will be connected using BD Synapsys middleware. The analysers and middleware also feature an audible and visual alarm function, which enables faster identification of positive samples​.

The new analysers, together with the new blood culture sample collection bottles, will bring quality improvements including blood volume monitoring, an increase in the number of blood sets collected and better tracking capabilities for contamination rate.

As blood culture processing needs to begin within four hours of a sample being taken, the new analysers will be located at the Essential Services Laboratories (ESLs) on each hospital site. If a sample tests positive, it will then be transported to the hub for further processing. ​

Find out more

There will be opportunities to speak to Synnovis and BD colleagues in the coming months. We will be hosting pop-up stands on hospital sites, attending departmental meetings and hosting an online drop-in session. Details will be shared in future issues of In SYNc.

You may have questions about these changes and we encourage you to email them to us at LetsTalk@synnovis.co.uk

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