ReviewJournal of clinical microbiology2024
Laboratory approaches to determining blood culture contamination rates: an ASM Laboratory Practices Subcommittee report.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.
- 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
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- 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
- Direct microbiota profiling of apheresis-associated products for microbiological insights in cell therapy.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Anaerobes in Late-Onset Prosthetic Joint Infection (PJI) and Colorectal Carcinoma.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Derivation and validation of a new prediction score for bacteremia in the emergency department.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Quantitative association of blood culture volume with contaminant and pathogen recovery.Infectious medicine · 2026Article
- Predictors of Brucella spp. bacteraemia at admission among adults with brucellosis: a two-centre retrospective cohort study in Ningxia, China.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Improved Microbiological Diagnosis of Bone and Joint Infections Using Mechanical Bead-Milling Extraction of Bone Specimens with the Ultra-TurraxDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- A Two-Year Retrospective Study of Blood Cultures in a Secondary Western Greece Healthcare Setting.Microorganisms · 2026Article
- The impact of multicenter microbiology laboratory workflow optimization on antimicrobial susceptibility testing reporting time and outcomes of patients with bloodstream infection.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026Article
- Standardized surveillance of blood culture contamination rates: moving toward a universal standard.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2025Article
- Clinical Factors Associated with Inappropriate Antibiotic Use in Children with Acute Bronchiolitis.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Multicenter evaluation of blood culture contamination and blood cultures practices in US acute care hospitals: time for standardization.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2025Article
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- Serious bacterial infections in infants younger than 90 days of age with acute bronchiolitis.European journal of pediatrics · 2025Article
- Limited Diagnostic Value of Blood Cultures in Patients with Soft Tissue Infections Transferred to a Quaternary Care Center.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections in Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices: Insights from a Retrospective Analysis of Multidrug-Resistant and Non-Multidrug-Resistant Isolates.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Observational
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Abstract
Blood culture contamination (BCC) is the presence of specific commensal and environmental organisms cultivated from a single blood culture set out of a blood culture series and that do not represent true bacteremia. BCC can impact quality of care and lead to negative outcomes, unnecessary antibiotic exposure, prolonged hospital stays, and substantial costs. As part of the laboratory's quality management plan, microbiology laboratory personnel are tasked with monitoring BCC rates, preparing BCC rate reports, and providing feedback to the appropriate committees within their healthcare system. The BCC rate is calculated by the laboratory using pre-set criteria. However, pre-set criteria are not universally defined and depend on the individual institution's patient population and practices. This mini-review provides practical recommendations on elaborating BCC rate reports, the parameters to define for the pre-set criteria, how to collect and interpret the data, and additional analysis to include in a BCC report.
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