Analysis of Blood Culture Collection and Laboratory Processing Practices in Israel.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Blood culturing is a critical diagnostic procedure affecting patient outcomes and antibiotic stewardship. Although there are standards for blood culturing, the process is not often measured.

Objectives

To evaluate processes related to the diagnosis of bloodstream infection and compare them with best practices.

Design, setting, and participants

A quality improvement study using laboratory data from January 1 to June 30, 2019, was conducted in 28 (96.6%) Israeli acute care hospitals. All blood cultures (BCs) performed on samples from adults and children in a period of 147 hospital-months were analyzed. Data analysis was performed from April 12, 2021, to September 9, 2022.

Main outcomes and measures

True pathogen detection rate, contamination rate, prop

SUBMITTER: Temkin E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9597385 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature