Lessons learned from a diagnostic stewardship intervention in response to a blood culture bottle supply shock
Faced with a national blood culture bottle shortage, our institution formed a multidisciplinary stewardship team and implemented policy changes. This reduced orders by 60%, potentially saving $145,000 monthly, while maintaining stable in-hospital sepsis mortality rates.
Authors
- Jenna C. Adams
- Scott Borgetti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6840-914X)
- Lior Cohen-Yatziv (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0496-4726)
- Alan E. Gross (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9352-8389)
- Alfredo J Mena Lora (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8337-757X)
- Nahed Ismail (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2399-7582)
Institutions
- Chulalongkorn University (TH)
- University of Illinois System (US)
- University of Illinois Chicago (US)
- University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System (US)
- The Retina Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ash.2025.10186
- Primary Topic
- Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign