TABLE 2.

Lengths of time to detection of bacteria and yeast in FAN and 80A blood culture bottles yielding a single, presumed clinically significant organism

Organism group	No. of isolatesa	Mean length of time to detection (h):		P value
		FAN	80A
Staphylococci	95	18.7	18.8	NSb
Streptococci-enterococci	25	30.3	17.2	<0.05
Enterobacteriaceae	54	14.8	16.4	NS
Miscellaneous gram-negative bacilli	16	21.0	22.3	NS
Yeasts	18	35.1	38.3	NS

^aThis analysis was restricted to isolates recovered in both FAN and 80A bottles. 

^bNS, not significant.