SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PARENTERALLY PROCURING BODILY-FLUID SAMPLES WITH REDUCED CONTAMINATION
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to the parenteral procurement of bodily-fluid samples. The present invention is also directed to systems and methods for parenterally procuring bodily-fluid samples with reduced contamination from dermally-residing microbes. In some embodiments, a bodily-fluid withdrawing system is used to withdraw bodily fluid from a patient for incubation in culture media in one or more sample vessels. Prior to withdrawing bodily fluid into the one or more sample vessels for incubation, an initial volume of withdrawn bodily fluid is placed in one or more pre-sample reservoirs and is not used for the incubation in culture media.
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21. A method of using a sample procurement device for obtaining bodily-fluid samples from a patient, the sample procurement device including a needle having a lumen configured for insertion into the patient, a first reservoir configured to be fluidically coupled to the needle, and a second reservoir configured to be fluidically coupled to the needle, the method comprising:
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inserting the needle into the patient; establishing fluid communication between the needle and the first reservoir; receiving from the patient a first volume of bodily-fluid into the first reservoir, the first volume of bodily-fluid being greater than the volume of the lumen of the needle and less than 5 ml; establishing fluid communication between the needle and a second reservoir, receiving from the patient a second volume of bodily-fluid into the second reservoir. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method obtaining a bodily-fluid sample from a patient with reduced contamination, the method comprising:
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establishing fluid communication between the patient and a port of a sample procurement device, the sample procurement device including a first reservoir and a second reservoir, establishing fluid communication between the port and the first reservoir; receiving from the patient a first volume of bodily-fluid into the first reservoir; fluidically isolating the first reservoir from the port to sequester the first volume of bodily-fluid in the first reservoir, establishing fluid communication between the port and the second reservoir; receiving from the patient a second volume of bodily-fluid into the second reservoir, whereby fluidically isolating the first reservoir from the port sequesters microbes present in the first volume of bodily-fluid, thereby reducing contamination in the second volume of bodily-fluid received from the patient. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method obtaining a bodily-fluid sample from a patient with reduced contamination, the method comprising:
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establishing fluid communication between the patient and a sample procurement device with a lumen-containing device, the sample procurement device including a first reservoir and a second reservoir; receiving from the patient a first volume of bodily-fluid into the first reservoir; fluidically isolating the first reservoir from the lumen-containing device to sequester the first volume of bodily-fluid in the first reservoir, the first volume of bodily-fluid being greater than the volume of the lumen-containing device and less than 5 ml; establishing fluid communication between the lumen-containing device and the second reservoir; receiving from the patient a second volume of bodily-fluid into the second reservoir, and transferring at least a portion of the second volume of bodily-fluid from the second reservoir to a sample vessel. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40)
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