ArticleInfectious diseases and therapy2020
Reducing Blood Culture Contamination Rates: Experiences of Four Hospital Systems.
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- American Society for Microbiology evidence-based laboratory medicine practice guidelines to reduce blood culture contamination rates: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2024Pooled it
- In-depth analysis of sampling practice and yield of blood cultures.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2026Observational
- Four-day versus five-day blood culture incubation: a prospective study of diagnostic performance using the bioMérieux BACT/ALERT VIRTUO system.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Improved Utilisation and Quality of Blood Culture Services Following Operational Research in a Tertiary Hospital in Ghana.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2025Article
- Blood Culture Contamination and Diagnostic Stewardship: From a Clinical Laboratory Quality Monitor to a National Patient Safety Measure.The journal of applied laboratory medicine · 2025Review
- A Five-Bundle Intervention to Improve Blood Culture Use in a Tertiary Hospital in Romania.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Effectiveness of multidisciplinary interventions to improve blood culture efficiency and optimize antimicrobial utilization.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Reducing Blood Culture Contamination Rates: Introduction of a Combined Education and Skin Antisepsis Intervention.Access microbiology · 2024Article
- Rising Drug Resistance Among Gram-Negative Pathogens in Bloodstream Infections: A Multicenter Study in Ulanhot, Inner Mongolia (2017-2021).Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2023Article
- Factors impacting the pre-analytical quality of blood cultures-Analysis at a tertiary medical center.PloS one · 2023Article
- Changes in Use of Blood Cultures in a COVID-19-Dedicated Tertiary Hospital.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Effectiveness of Multimodal Intervention to Improve Blood Culture Collection in the Emergency Department.Journal of global infectious diseasesArticle
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Abstract
introductionBlood cultures (BCs) frequently become contaminated during the pre-analytic phase of collection leading to downstream ramifications. We present a summary of performance improvement (PI) interventions provided by four hospital systems and common factors that contributed to decreased blood culture contamination (BCC) rates.
methodsEach hospital independently formed a multidisciplinary team and action plan for implementation of their intervention, focusing on the use of educational and training tools. Their goal was to significantly decrease their BCC rates. Pre- and post-intervention data were compared during the sustainment period to determine their success.
resultsAll hospitals met their goals of post-intervention BCC rates and with most achieving and sustaining BCC rates ≤ 1.0-2.0%.
conclusionOur report highlights how four hospitals independently achieved their objective to decrease their BCC rate with the support of a multidisciplinary team. We propose a benchmark for BCC rates of 1.5 to < 2.0% as achievable and sustainable.
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