Every Crisis Is an Opportunity: Advancing Blood Culture Stewardship During a Blood Culture Bottle Shortage
The current manufacturing disruption of BACTEC blood culture bottles has drawn attention to diagnostic stewardship around blood culture utilization. In this perspective, we offer strategies for implementing blood culture stewardship using a graded approach based on a hospital's blood culture bottle supply. These strategies should inform plans to mitigate the impact of the shortage on patient care and reinforce fundamental principles of blood culture stewardship.
Authors
- Trevor Craig Van Schooneveld (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9928-4546)
- Daniel J. Diekema (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1273-0724)
- Valeria Fabre (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7374-9678)
- Jonathan H. Ryder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4566-1905)
Institutions
- University of Iowa (US)
- Maine Medical Center (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- Maine Medical Center (US)
- University of Nebraska Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2024-08-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofae479
- Citations
- 31
- Primary Topic
- Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 11.81
Funders
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention