Do blood contamination reduction devices work? A single institution comparison
We compare two initial specimen diversion devices evaluated over 3 months to investigate their utility in lowering blood culture contamination rates at or below 1%. Overall contamination rates during trial periods were 2.46% and 2.60% but usage was low, whereas device-specific contamination rates were 0.68% and 0.8%, respectively.
Authors
- Alan White (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4714-8515)
- Brian Klonowski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2161-0101)
- S. Siddiq
- Mark A. Osborne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6660-2985)
- Maria E. Navas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1367-478X)
- Nataliya M. Kachaluba
- Curtis J. Donskey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0990-4498)
- Joselyn Ugalde Rivera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5027-7160)
- Stella Ache
- Christine Robbins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1976-9242)
- Laurie Bauer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9721-3149)
Institutions
- VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
- Published
- 2024-11-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2024.169
- Primary Topic
- Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00