Optimization of the blood culture pathway: a template for improved sepsis management and diagnostic antimicrobial stewardship

Laboratory processing of blood cultures has remained static over the past 30 years, despite increasing antibiotic resistance and advances in analyser design. At the study hospital, siting the blood culture analyser in the blood sciences laboratory and optimizing the pre-analytical and analytic phase...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of hospital infection 2018-03, Vol.98 (3), p.232-235
Hauptverfasser: Weinbren, M.J., Collins, M., Heathcote, R., Umar, M., Nisar, M., Ainger, C., Masters, P.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Laboratory processing of blood cultures has remained static over the past 30 years, despite increasing antibiotic resistance and advances in analyser design. At the study hospital, siting the blood culture analyser in the blood sciences laboratory and optimizing the pre-analytical and analytic phases of blood culture management resulted in a reduction in the time taken to detect most blood culture isolates to
ISSN:0195-6701
1532-2939
DOI:10.1016/j.jhin.2017.12.023