Book chapter
The bioMérieux BacT/Alert: Automation at Last in the Black Box
The Dark Art of Blood Cultures, pp.85-111
ASM Press
09/01/2017
DOI: 10.1128/9781555819811.ch5
Abstract
This chapter introduces the BacT/Alert, the first automated blood culture system, and its descendants. The first part of the chapter covers the historical context in which the system was developed and some of the key design considerations that were intended to close gaps in blood culture practice in the early 1990s. The second part of the chapter outlines the evolution of the BacT/Alert culture media, their performance, and design changes to subsequent instruments in the BacT/Alert family tree.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The bioMérieux BacT/Alert: Automation at Last in the Black Box
- Creators
- Bradley Ford - Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of MedicineGeorge Kallstrom - Summa Health System
- Contributors
- Wm Michael Dunne Jr (Editor)Carey-Ann D Burnham (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- The Dark Art of Blood Cultures, pp.85-111
- DOI
- 10.1128/9781555819811.ch5
- Publisher
- ASM Press; Washington, DC, USA
- Number of pages
- 27
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/01/2017
- Academic Unit
- Pathology
- Record Identifier
- 9984186551602771
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