ArticleAntimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE2025
Blood culture bottle shortage mitigation efforts: analysis of impact on ordering and patient impact.
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- Blood culture utilization and impact of stewardship practices during a national blood culture bottle shortage at a cancer center.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2026Article
- Rapid Diagnostic Stewardship and Blood Culture Use in a Pediatric Medical Center.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- The Impact of a Nationwide Blood Culture Bottle Shortage in 2024 on Healthcare Facilities in the United States.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2025Article
- Impact of the acute national blood culture bottle shortage on the two-set blood culture rate in a single center in Japan: Insights from an interrupted time-series analysis.Infection prevention in practice · 2025Article
- Letter to the Editor regarding "blood culture bottle shortage mitigation efforts: analysis of impact on ordering and patient impact" by Doern et al.Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2025Article
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Abstract
Objective design: In June of 2024, Becton Dickinson experienced a blood culture bottle shortage for their BACTEC system, forcing health systems to reduce usage or risk exhausting their supply. Virginia Commonwealth University Health System (VCUHS) in Richmond, VA decided that it was necessary to implement austerity measures to preserve the blood culture bottle supply. Setting: VCUHS includes a main campus in Richmond, VA as well as two affiliate hospitals in South Hill, VA (Community Memorial Hospital (CMH)) and Tappahannock Hospital in Tappahannock, VA. It also includes a free-standing Emergency Department in New Kent, VA. Patients: Blood cultures from both pediatric and adult patients were included in this study. Interventions: VCUHS intervened to decrease blood culture utilization across the entire health system. Interventions included communication of blood culture guidance as well as an electronic health record order designed to guide providers and discourage wasteful ordering. Results: Post-implementation analyses showed that interventions reduced overall usage by 35.6% ( Conclusions: These findings strongly suggest that some basic stewardship interventions can significantly change blood culture practice in a manner that minimizes the impact on patient care.
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