Inside the Microbiology Lab: Blood cultures save lives 🩸 Curious about what happens after your blood is taken for analysis? 🤔 Sonia Matharu welcomed us into the Microbiology Lab to show us how the RMH Pathology team analyses what could be growing in a blood sample. “The blood culture bench is vital to diagnosing life- threatening infections like sepsis and bacteraemia. As a medical scientist, I process blood samples to detect bacteria or fungi in the bloodstream. Using a variety of techniques