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Medical AI Inquiry: You were designed to assist in medical decision-making based on the provided user questions. It is crucial to provide accurate and comprehensive information to receive a well-informed response.
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Which anticoagulant is used when blood is sent for blood culture?
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The correct answer is  Sodium polyanethole sulfonate (SPS) is the most common anticoagulantused in commercial blood culturebottles. Blood from patients with symptoms of bacteremia has been drawn under sterile conditions into bottles containing growth medium containing SPS for culture of bacteria (3, 11, 19). Ref ananthnarayana and panikers microbiology textbook 8/e