Pre-analytical barriers to blood culture completion in a large laboratory network
In WA, substantial delays to actionable BC results were common. The time taken to transport specimens to a laboratory was a small fraction of these delays. Monitoring of the steps in BC workflow completion can be used to improve the quality and safety of BC service provision within the limits of current technology, though solutions to this critical capability gap vary with location.
Authors
- Benjamin McFadden (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8535-5374)
- Teagan Paton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8370-7284)
- Michael Leung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9971-2598)
- Timothy J. J. Inglis
- Elizabeth Thomas
Institutions
- The University of Western Australia (AU)
- Curtin University (AU)
- Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research (AU)
- WA Country Health Service (AU)
- Pathwest Laboratory Medicine (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Medical Microbiology
- Published
- 2026-04-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.002151
- Primary Topic
- Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Australian Government
- Medical Research Council
- National Health and Medical Research Council
- Western Australian Future Health and Innovation Fund, Government of Western Australia