Nurse-led blood culture quality improvement intervention – Full Text
“The aim of this study was to assess the effect of a multi-modal, nursing-led intervention to improve the quality of BCs in the ED, in terms of single culture, underfilling and contamination rates” Williams et al (2023)
Blood culture collection in adults
“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” Merien et al (2023).
Blood culture quality improvement
“The objective of this study was to evaluate the dissemination process and its impact on blood culture reduction” Xie et al (2023).
Blood culture contamination reduction devices – Full Text
“Blood culture diversion devices was associated with decreased contamination rates and could improve quality of care, reduce costs, and avoid unnecessary antibiotic use” Callado et al (2023).
Blood culture quality assurance
“Contamination rates ranged from zero (n=5) to 12.5%, with seven laboratories (15%) reporting a contamination rate greater than the recommended 3%” Elvy et al (2023).
Blood culture procedure improvement – Full Text
“As knowledge on the correct BC sampling and strategies to reduce contamination varies considerably between clinical departments and healthcare professionals, a targeted training should be adapted to the specific needs of the individual professional groups” Neser et al (2023).
Blood culture contamination when taken from arterial catheters – Full Text
“In seriously ill patients, an indwelling arterial catheter is an attractive option for blood culture collection because it allows reliable blood sampling without frequent invasive punctures” Ota (2023).
Blood culture contamination study – Full Text
“Continuous monitoring and performance improvement projects are needed to minimize blood culture contamination and unnecessary antibiotic use” Aiesh et al (2023).
Blood culture technique survey related to neonatal intensive care units
“In the NICU setting, recommended practices for blood culturing were not routinely performed” Lefrak et al (2023).
Blood culture technique and contamination rates
“Blood cultures obtained using the one-puncture method resulted in significantly fewer contaminants and detected relevant pathogens equally to the two-puncture method” Andersson Norlén et al (2023).
Blood culture use in critically ill children – Full Text
“Specific factors underlying decisions about blood culture use and overuse are unknown. Therefore, we aimed to identify perceived determinants of blood culture use in the PICU” Woods-Hill et al (2023).
Blood culture volume requirements
“Implementing the PDCA cycle management can improve the mean blood culture volumes effectively and match the volume recommended by the manufacturer” Tseng et al (2023).
Blood cultures in pediatric oncology patients
“Overall, 11.7% of BSI episodes were identified only by peripheral culture and 7.7% of paired organisms did not share the same susceptibility test results which emphasizes the importance of a peripheral culture in managing fever in oncology children” Asleh et al (2023).
Blood culture pre-analytical quality – Full Text
“Our results indicate critical pre-analytical quality markers linked to BC collection procedures to reach recommended collection volumes” Romann et al (2023).
Blood culture procedures in neonatal intensive care units
“Most NICUs did not have a procedural competency (54%), did not document the sample volume (75%), did not receive a culture contamination report (57%), and/or did not require reporting to the provider if <1 mL blood was obtained (64%)" Lefrak et al (2023).
Blood cultures from arterial catheters
“Obtaining blood cultures from arterial catheters is an acceptable alternative to venipuncture in critically ill patients” Nakayama et al (2023).
Blood culture contamination rate during COVID-19 – Full Text
“Blood cultures are carried out as a gold standard to detect bacteremia. However, the interpretation of blood culture results is challenged by a contamination rate ranging from 0.9% to 11.7%” Russo et al (2023).
Blood culture contamination and nursing care requirements – Full Text
“A higher nursing care level is associated with a higher incidence of blood culture contamination in the emergency department” Shigeno et al (2022).
Blood culture procedure development – Full Text
“By standardising blood culture collection methods, optimising blood volume and nurses’ education, we were able to develop a best practice for blood culture collection and to reduce BCC and negativity rate to a sustainable low rate at our hospital” Aldiba et al (2023).
Impact of ISD device on blood culture contamination – Full Text
“ISDD use by phlebotomists was associated with BCC reduction and reduced false-positive CLABSI results” Tompkins et al (2022).
CRBSI blood culture requirements – Full Text
“We analyzed blood-culture practices to characterize the utilization of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) recommendations related to catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBSI) blood cultures” Kovoor et al (2022).
Blood culture best practice – Full Text
Blood culture best practice 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 […]
Effect of blood culture contamination on antibiotic use – Full Text
“In a multivariate analysis of 30 574 blood culture (BC) results, BC contamination was associated with only a small increase in antibiotic length of therapy” Bloomfield et al (2022).
Risk of blood culture contamination – Full Text
“We identified patient-specific factors that increase the odds of false-positive blood cultures” Liaquat et al (2022).
Contaminated blood culture impact
“For this edition of Bending the Value Curve, we present a case that highlights the downstream effects of a contaminated blood culture result in a febrile infant and consider opportunities for alternative, value-based approaches” Butala et al (2022).
Blood culture procedure – Full Text
“The findings of this study suggest that the multistep process of blood culturing is not managed comprehensively in Israel, leading to poor clinical practices and delayed results” Temkin et al (2022).
Blood culture diagnostic stewardship
“Multidisciplinary diagnostic stewardship interventions can reduce blood culture and antibiotic use in the PICU. Future work will determine optimal strategies for wider-scale dissemination of diagnostic stewardship in this setting while monitoring patient safety and balancing measures” Woods-Hill et al (2022).
Blood culture results – is it bacteremia or contamination – Full Text
“Distinguishing between MDR-positive BCs representing clinically significant bacteremia or simple contamination requires a careful clinical, biological, and microbiological confrontation of each MDR positive BC in order to avoid unnecessary overuse of broad-spectrum antibiotics and thus reduce resistance selective pressure” Nachate et al (2022).
Standardisation of equine blood cultures – Full Text
“To standardise and optimise blood culture techniques in horses and foals, future research in this area should be aimed at determining the optimal volume of blood that should be collected for culture, and the ideal site, timing, and frequency of sample collection” Giancola and Hart (2022).
Reducing blood culture contamination in the ED – Full Text
“To determine whether blood culture contamination (BCC) rates could be decreased in the ED by an educational programme” McNab et al (2022).