Evaluation of quality indicators and distribution of causative microorganisms in blood cultures

Objective: Blood culture is the most commonly used method in the diagnosis of bloodstream infections and contributes to manage the treatment, take infection control measures and reduce mortality.Blood culture indicators are parameters that provide monitoring of preanalytical, analytical and postanalytical processes and determining what can be done to eliminate deficiencies and improve current situations.In this study, it was aimed to evaluate quality indicators according to health quality management system and to determine distribution of causative microorganisms in blood cultures of patients hospitalized in various clinics.Methods: A total of 6556 blood culture samples sent to microbiology laboratory between January 2020 and December 2022 were evaluated retrospectively.All data regarding quality indicators such as contamination rate in blood cultures, the rate of positive results, the number of blood cultures taken from a single bottle, the number of blood cultures taken from two or more sets, rate of incompatibility between Gram staining and final identification, rate of rejected samples and Makale Dili "Trke"/