Improving blood culture procurement: a prospective 5-year hospital-wide study
A simple educational intervention, combined with meticulous data mining and presentation of each department's results, with comparison of all other departments, led to significant and sustained improvement in measurable markers.
Authors
- Amos M. Yinnon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9728-4799)
- Oshrat Ayalon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2676-2340)
- Marc Victor Assous (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3792-3875)
- Shmuel Benenson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3977-1123)
- Bath Sheva Ezagui
- Todd Zalut
- Rona Lujan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8449-1585)
- Naama Bagrish
- Miriam Dreyer
- Ilana Dery
Institutions
- Hadassah Medical Center (IL)
- Shaare Zedek Medical Center (IL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Israel Journal of Health Policy Research
- Published
- 2025-12-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13584-025-00744-x
- Primary Topic
- Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00