Indications for blood culture (NOT COUGHS & COLDS)
- Clinical features of sepsis including tachycardia, tachypnea, increased or sub-normal temperature and change in sensorium, hypotension
- Suspicion of infective endocarditis
- Pyrexia of unknown origin
- Unexplained leucocytosis or leucopenia
- Systemic and localised infections including suspected meningitis, osteomyelitis, septic arthritis, acute untreated bacterial pneumonia or other possible bacterial infection
