Rapid Implementation of Blood Culture Stewardship: Institutional Response to an Acute National Blood Culture Bottle Shortage
We describe our approach to addressing a nationwide supply issue for blood culture bottles. Aerobic blood culture bottles received from our distributor during 1-15 July 2024 were <1% of typical usage. Through education and ordering restrictions of blood culture, designed to minimize risk, orders were reduced by 49% over a 1-week period.
Authors
- Romney M. Humphries (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6568-156X)
- Patty Wright (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4664-6328)
- David C. Gaston (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7320-5635)
- John C. Champion (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9848-1395)
- Daniel E. Dulek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1821-6657)
- Ritu Banerjee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5910-7430)
- Thomas R Talbot (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5722-7455)
Institutions
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2024-08-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciae402
- Citations
- 16
- Primary Topic
- Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.10