The Effect of a Care Bundle on the Rate of Blood Culture Contamination in a General Intensive Care Unit.

ABSTRACT: Background/objectives: Blood culture (BC) contamination is a frequent problem which leads to increased laboratory workload, inappropriate use of antibiotics and the associated adverse events, and increased healthcare costs. This study prospectively examined the effect of a care bundle on BC contamination rates in a high workload ICU. Results: During the study, in total, 4236 BC vials were collected. After the intervention, the BC contamination rate decreased significantly from 6.2% to 1.3%. The incidence rate of contaminated BC sets was significantly lower following the intervention: 0.461 vs. 0.154 BC sets per 100 ICU bed-days. Overall compliance with the BC care bundle increased dramatically from 3.4% to 96.9%. Methods: We performed a before-after study in a general

SUBMITTER: Veini F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11591278 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature