Regev Cohen, Elias Tannous, Orna Ben Natan, Aliza Vaknin, Mohammed Ganayem, Sharon Reisfeld, Shelly Lipman-Arens, Lamis Mahamid, Linor Ishay, Erez Karisi, Noa Melnik, Mira Leibel, Jalal Ashkar, Sarit Freimann
BACKGROUND: Blood cultures (BCs) are essential microbiologic tests, but blood culturing diagnostic stewardship is frequently poor. We aimed to study the process-related failures and to evaluate the effect of an emergency department (ED) intervention on BCs collection practices and yield. METHODS: We implemented an ED-quality improvement intervention including educational sessions, phlebotomists addition, promoting single-site strategy for BC-collection and preanalytical data feedback...
January 15, 2024: American Journal of Infection Control