Blood culture collection in adults
Abstract:
We investigated the impact of a multimodal intervention to improve the compliance of BC collections as a composite outcome, taking into account both blood volume collected and absence of solitary BC. We performed a quasi-experimental study using a before-after design (5 months for pre- and post-intervention evaluation) in an adult emergency department at a tertiary care hospital that showed that a multimodal intervention was associated with a dramatic increase in the proportion of blood cultures that were collected as recommended per national guidelines, from 17.3% (328/1896) to 68.9% (744/1080), P < 0.0001. The implementation of such intervention in other settings could improve the diagnosis of bloodstream infections and reduce irrelevant costs.
Reference:
Merien A, Bacle A, Tattevin P, Bellasfar D, Piau C, Cattoir V, Soulat L, Malledant Y, Garlantezec R. Effectiveness of a multimodal intervention to improve blood culture collection in an adult emergency department. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2023 Oct 19. doi: 10.1007/s10096-023-04680-z. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37853227.