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What could happen if blood culture media gets into your blood stream?
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Dr. Gurmukh Singhanswered
Pathology 51 years experience
How would that : Happen? Unless someone tries this on purpose and against medical ethics and practices, blood culture media has no way to get into blood stream.
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Last updated Sep 2, 2012
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