LOINC long common name : Microorganism preliminary growth [Presence] in Blood by Aerobe culture;
LOINC short name : Microorg prel grow Bld Ql Aerobe Cult;
LOINC description : This term represents the preliminary step of the culture process that is used to determine
whether or not a viable aerobic microorganism is present in the specimen. At the present
time (2018), this result would typically be transmitted between laboratory devices
and/or stored in the laboratory information system (LIS/LIMS), but it would not be
used to order a culture or report culture results to the patient's electronic health
record (EHR). Rather, the corresponding LOINC code with Property Prid and Scale Nom
is used to order the culture, report this preliminary result, and report the results
of any subsequent organism identification tests that are performed. This term was
created for, but is not limited in use to, the bioMerieux BacT culture bottles for
the recovery and detection of anaerobic and facultative aerobic microorganisms (bacteria
and fungi).;