Quality indicators and turnaround time for blood culture in pediatric patients: 1 year of monitoring in 19 Chinese hospitals
Pediatric blood culture quality indicators showed significant inter-hospital variability. The multiple steps involved in blood culture processing contribute to delays in report issuance, indicating the need for further optimization of the pediatric blood culture workflow.
Authors
- Liping Qu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3599-2591)
- Xiaoyan Cao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3188-6663)
- Lijuan Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7523-8993)
- Hanlei Wu
- Dingqiang Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8717-1651)
- Peng Yuan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5746-2642)
- Wanting Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5565-4747)
- Hongwei Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2472-8541)
- Biyun Mo
Institutions
- Zhujiang Hospital (CN)
- Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CN)
- Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (CN)
- Chongqing Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Pediatrics
- Published
- 2025-10-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-025-06279-z
- Primary Topic
- Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- China Primary Health Care Foundation