A multi-pronged approach to improve blood culture diagnostics in different clinical departments: a single-centre experience.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Blood culture (BC) diagnostics are influenced by many factors. We performed a targeted interdisciplinary analysis to analyse effects of various measures on BC diagnostics performance.

Methods

A diagnostic stewardship initiative was conducted at two intervention and two control wards in a German tertiary level hospital. The initiative comprised staff training on the correct indications and sampling for BC, implementation of information cards, labels to identify the collection site, regular BC bottle feedback including the number of bottles, filling volumes and identified pathogens; and the use of a specific sampling device (BD Vacutainer^®). Before and after the interventions, two three-month measurement periods were performed, as well as a one-month follow-

SUBMITTER: Neser E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10810936 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature