ArticleInfection prevention in practice2022
Identification of the main contributors to blood culture contamination at a tertiary care academic medical center.
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- A retrospective analysis of emergency department cultures in a tertiary care center.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Efficacy of a small-volume blood culture diversion device across three wards: a 6-month retrospective review.Microbiology spectrum · 2026Article
- Taming the contaminants: a quality improvement initiative to minimize blood culture contamination and enhance patient care in a resource-limited setting.BMC microbiology · 2026Article
- Risk factors for blood culture contamination in a tertiary hospital: a one-year retrospective analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Filamentous Left Ventricular Mass Mimicking Infective Endocarditis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.Cureus · 2025Article
- Efficacy of a Multicenter Hospital Network's Approach to Enacting Blood Culture Stewardship During a Global Shortage.Open forum infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Blood Culture Contamination Creep Independent of COVID-19 Pandemics: An Interrupted Time-Series Analysis.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci Determined as Blood Culture Contamination Have High Virulence Characteristic Including Transfer of Antibiotic Resistance Determinants toInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Increased incidence of blood culture contaminations during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.Infection · 2025Observational
- Early detection of bloodstream infection in critically ill children using artificial intelligence.Acute and critical care · 2024Article
- Enhancing Patient Safety: The Role of Interdisciplinary Teams in Reducing Blood Culture Contamination.HCA healthcare journal of medicine · 2024Article
- Safeguarding Accuracy: The Impact of Interventions on Reducing Blood Culture Contamination.Clinical pathology (Thousand Oaks, Ventura County, Calif.)Article
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Abstract
Background: Blood culture contamination poses an issue to all hospital systems worldwide because of the associated costs of extended length of stays, unnecessary antibiotic therapy, and additional laboratory testing that are preventable with proper handling and collection techniques. Methods: In our study, multiple units, staff, and collection methods were compared to determine the primary culprits of contamination from a tertiary care academic medical center, which includes a pediatric hospital and both adult and pediatric emergency departments. Results: Over 33 months, 2,083 out of 88,322 total blood cultures collected were contaminated, with an overall contamination rate of 2.4%. A moderate positive correlation was found between the monthly total number of cultures and monthly contamination rate ( Conclusion: Our results were used to make recommendations for decreasing the rate of blood culture contamination in this institution, which includes acknowledgement of an overwhelmed staff and mandatory periodic training on acceptable aseptic technique and contamination awareness. Understanding the factors contributing to blood culture contamination can aid efforts to reduce contamination rates.
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