DIN 58942-2:2004-01

1 Field of application
2 Scope
3 Concepts
      3.1 Culture medium
      3.2 Blood culture medium
      3.3 Blood culture bottle
4 Designation
5 Requirements and testing
      5.1 Physical properties
             5.1.1 Blood culture bottle
                      5.1.1.1 Material
                      5.1.1.2 Workmanship
                      5.1.1.3 Water resistance
                      5.1.1.4 Resistance to internal
                                 pressure
                      5.1.1.5 Resistance to thermal shock
                      5.1.1.6 Volume
             5.1.2 Stopper
             5.1.3 Retaining cap
             5.1.4 Blood culture medium
                      5.1.4.1 Sterility and clarity
             5.1.5 Atmosphere
                      5.1.5.1 Composition
                      5.1.5.2 Vacuum
      5.2 Chemical propertiesbes
             5.2.1 Blood culture bottle, stopper retaining
                      cap
                      5.2.1.1 Material
      5.3 Biological properties of blood culture medium
             5.3.1 Requirements
             5.3.2 Testing
                      5.3.2.1 Test media
                      5.3.2.2 Testing of blood culture
                                 media for aerobes and
                                 facultative anaerobes
                      5.3.2.3 Testing of blood culture
                                 media for anaerobes
                      5.3.2.4 Testing of blood culture
                                 media for yeasts
6 Marking
Standards and other documents referred to
Explanatory notes

This standard is included in DIN Handbook 302. Applies to ready-to-use blood culture bottles (BKF), i.e. to blood culture media and their containers (blood culture bottles), which are used for detection of bacteraemia by means of bacteriological cultures. Since they may also be used for detecting septicaemia caused by yeasts. Ready-to-use blood culture bottles are suitable only for in vitro diagnosis.