Assessing blood culture appropriateness in solid organ transplant recipients: a diagnostic stewardship approach.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Diagnostic stewardship of blood culture utilization is important to mitigate the risks associated with unnecessary culturing. Although blood culture algorithms have been studied previously, there is a lack of data on their application among solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients. This study aims to retrospectively apply a blood culture algorithm (initially developed for a non-immunocompromised population) to adult SOT recipients and assess its performance.

Methods

We conducted a manual retrospective review of adult SOT recipients with a blood culture event (BCE) between February 2022 and January 2024 at a single academic medical center. BCEs were categorized as appropriate, inappropriate, or lacking documentation, according to a previously established institutiona

SUBMITTER: Steinbrink JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12483178 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature