Reducing Blood Culture Contamination Rates: Experiences of Four Hospital Systems
| Autor: | Arthur E. Crist, Robert L. Sautter, James W. Snyder, Diane C. Halstead, Irving Nachamkin |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0301 basic medicine
Microbiology (medical) medicine.medical_specialty 030106 microbiology Psychological intervention Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Multidisciplinary team 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Performance improvements medicine Blood culture 030212 general & internal medicine skin and connective tissue diseases Interventions Original Research medicine.diagnostic_test integumentary system business.industry Infectious Diseases Blood culture contamination (BCC) Action plan Emergency medicine BCC benchmark business |
| Zdroj: | Infectious Diseases and Therapy, Vol 9, Iss 2, Pp 389-401 (2020) Infectious Diseases and Therapy |
| ISSN: | 2193-6382 2193-8229 |
| Popis: | Introduction Blood 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. Methods Each 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. Results All hospitals met their goals of post-intervention BCC rates and with most achieving and sustaining BCC rates ≤ 1.0–2.0%. Conclusion Our 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 |
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