Reducing Blood Culture Contaminations in the Emergency Department: It Takes a Team

Healthcare providers rely heavily on blood culture results for developing the patient's plan of care. Contaminated blood cultures can lead to unnecessary treatment, unnecessary hospitalization, and an increase in the patient's length of stay. There was a significant increase in our monthly...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of emergency nursing 2016-07, Vol.42 (4), p.306-311
Hauptverfasser:	Bowen, Constance M., Coleman, Tracy, Cunningham, Deborah
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Accident and emergency departments Best practice Blood Blood Culture - methods Blood Culture - statistics & numerical data Blood culture contamination Blood Specimen Collection - methods Blood Specimen Collection - statistics & numerical data Clinical outcomes Contamination Culture Departments Emergency department Emergency Service, Hospital Emergency services Equipment Contamination - prevention & control Equipment Contamination - statistics & numerical data Evidence based Feedback Health care Hospitalization Humans Intervention Laboratories Length of stay Microorganisms Nursing Patient care Pilot Projects Plumbing fixtures Quality Quality Improvement Quality management Quality of care Skin Team work
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Zusammenfassung:	Healthcare providers rely heavily on blood culture results for developing the patient's plan of care. Contaminated blood cultures can lead to unnecessary treatment, unnecessary hospitalization, and an increase in the patient's length of stay. There was a significant increase in our monthly blood culture contamination rates, over a 3 month period of time, which exceeded a recommended standard of
ISSN:	0099-1767 1527-2966
DOI:	10.1016/j.jen.2015.10.021