Jw. Snyder et al., Clinical comparison of nonvented aerobic BacT/Alert blood culture bottle and standard aerobic bottle for detection of microorganisms in blood, J CLIN MICR, 38(10), 2000, pp. 3864-3866
The current EacT/Alert standard aerobic (VA) blood culture bottle was redes
igned and designated a nonvented aerobic (NVA) culture bottle; this bottle
does not require venting. A total of 3,873 sets of blood samples for cultur
e were obtained From adult patients with suspected bacteremia or fungemia.
The NVA bottle showed performance equivalent to that of the VA bottle for r
ecovery and speed of detection of microorganisms from blood without the nee
d for venting the bottle.