Effectiveness of a blood culture bundle in reducing contamination rates in a neonatal intensive care unit
A total of 320 neonatal blood culture procedures were included. The rate of blood culture contamination was 3.8% in the bundle and 12.5% in the pre-bundle period, this was significantly higher in the pre-bundle period (p.
Authors
- Oğuz Han Kalkanlı (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1965-1420)
- Arzu Bayram (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0307-8877)
- İlker Devrim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6053-8027)
- Şebnem Çalkavur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3820-2690)
- Miray Yılmaz Çelebi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3537-0664)
- Nazan Kavas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9854-3123)
- Tuna Ketenci
Institutions
- Izmir University (TR)
- University of Health Science (KH)
- Dr. Behçet Uz Çocuk Hastalıkları Hastanesi (TR)
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi (TR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
- Published
- 2025-05-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.24953/turkjpediatr.2025.5613
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.64