Are SEP-1 and blood culture stewardship at odds? Retrospective review of SEP-1 failures pre- and during a blood culture bottle shortage
Timely blood cultures (BCx) are required by SEP-1. The recent BCx bottle shortage necessitated enhanced BCx stewardship. At two hospitals during the shortage, SEP-1 metric compliance declined related to BCx utilization. Review of cases where BCx were not obtained demonstrated most BCx were safely avoided without demonstrable patient harm.
Authors
- Trevor Craig Van Schooneveld (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9928-4546)
- Kelly Cawcutt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3586-0951)
- Cynthia A. Japp
- Jonathan H. Ryder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4566-1905)
Institutions
- Nebraska Medical Center (US)
- University of Nebraska Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-12-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2025.10317
- Primary Topic
- Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Johns Hopkins University
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention