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ArticleEuropean journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology2026

Impact on blood cultures pre-analytical quality and positivity rate of a key performance indicators digital monitoring approach: a pre-post intervention study.

Fabio Arena, Claudio Palmieri, Filippo Allegrucci, Simona Carosati, Arturo Pasqualucci, Antonella Mencacci

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Article in European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Fabio ArenaDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, Medical Microbiology Section, University of Perugia, P.le G. Menghini 8/9, Perugia, 06132, Italy. fabio.arena@unipg.it.
Claudio PalmieriBecton Dickinson Italia S.p.A, Milan, Italy.
Filippo AllegrucciMicrobiology Unit, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Perugia, Italy.
Simona CarosatiHealth Service Management, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Perugia, Italy.
Arturo PasqualucciHealth Service Management, Azienda Zero Piedimont Region, Turin, Italy.
Antonella MencacciDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, Medical Microbiology Section, University of Perugia, P.le G. Menghini 8/9, Perugia, 06132, Italy.

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Blood cultures (BCs) remain essential for diagnosing bloodstream infections, but their yield depends largely on pre-analytical phase quality. We evaluated the impact of an intervention guided by a digital platform for blood culture key performance indicators (KPIs) automated extraction in a single-center pre-post study. Following interventions, including feedback reports and staff education, solitary blood culture rate decreased by 71.7%, blood volume per episode increased by 7 mL per episode, and contamination rates improved. Contextually, the rate of true positive BCs relatively increased by ≅18%. Digital KPIs monitoring combined with targeted corrective interventions was associated with sustained improvements in BCs quality across hospital areas.

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