Actual Clinical Practice Related to Contaminated Blood Cultures May Limit the Cost Savings Associated with Interventions To Reduce Contamination Rates

J Clin Microbiol. 2020 Mar 25;58(4):e01796-19. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01796-19. Print 2020 Mar 25.

Authors

David Terrero Salcedo¹, Eleanor A Powell², A George Smulian¹, Margaret V Powers-Fletcher³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
² Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA powersmg@ucmail.uc.edu.

No abstract available

Keywords: blood culture contaminant; emergency department; health care costs.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Blood Culture*
Blood Specimen Collection
Cost Savings
Emergency Service, Hospital
Humans
Phlebotomy*