To wait or not to wait: Optimal time interval between the first and second blood-culture sets to maximize blood-culture yield

Autor: Valeria, Fabre, George F, Jones, Yea-Jen, Hsu, Karen C, Carroll, Sara E, Cosgrove
Rok vydání: 2021
Zdroj: Antimicrobial stewardshiphealthcare epidemiology : ASHE. 2(1)
ISSN: 2732-494X
Popis: The optimal timing of blood culture (BCx) sets collection has not been evaluated with continuous BCx detection systems. The yield of BCx was similar between short intervals (median, 3 minutes) and longer intervals (median, 16 or 43 minutes) among 5,856 BCx, except for improved polymicrobial bacteremia detection with long-interval BCx.
Databáze: OpenAIRE