Establishing a Long-Term Model for Analysis and Improvement of Underfilled Blood Culture Volumes.

Conclusions: Partnering with a specific unit and providing monthly volume reports with educational sessions has a direct positive correlation on increasing ABCFVs. Increasing ABCFVs has the potential to decrease false-negative blood cultures, time to detection of positive blood cultures, and time to appropriate and specific antimicrobial therapy, as well as improve patient outcomes in high-acuity patient care units.
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Source: American Journal of Clinical Pathology - September 26, 2018 Category: Pathology Authors: Zaleski M, Erdman P, Adams J, Michael A, Rudy A, Boesch R, Allison L, Mailander P, Hess W, Myers D, Craft D Tags: Am J Clin Pathol Source Type: research