Doing it right the first time: quality improvement and the contaminant blood culture
| Autor: | Sol Lavie, Diane M Sixsmith, George F. Heinrich, Margaret Danek, Stephen S. Mills, Fredric Weinbaum |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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Microbiology (medical)
Adult Quality Control medicine.medical_specialty Quality management Cost-Benefit Analysis education Bacteremia Teaching hospital Phlebotomy medicine Humans Blood culture False Positive Reactions Intensive care medicine Hospitals Teaching Bacteriological Techniques Blood Specimen Collection medicine.diagnostic_test Adult patients business.industry Internship and Residency medicine.disease Cost savings Blood Evaluation Studies as Topic business Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Journal of clinical microbiology. 35(3) |
| ISSN: | 0095-1137 |
| Popis: | The aim of the project was to determine whether the rate of contaminant blood cultures could be reduced by using a team of dedicated phlebotomists. Comparisons were made between adult patients requiring blood cultures for suspected bacteremia on medical and surgical units before and after the introduction and withdrawal of a dedicated blood culture team. The results showed that a significant reduction in the contaminant blood culture rate was achieved by the blood culture team (P < 0.001; chi(2) test). Therefore, in our experience, the rate of contaminant blood cultures can be reduced in a teaching hospital by using a team of dedicated phlebotomists. Calculations made with our data and those published by others suggest that cost savings from reducing false-positive blood cultures are greater than the cost of the blood culture team. |
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