Reduction of blood culture contamination rate by an educational intervention

S. Eskira; J. Gilad; P. Schlaeffer; E. Hyam; N. Peled; I. Karakis; K. Riesenberg; F. Schlaeffer; A. Borer

doi:10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01446.x

Reduction of blood culture contamination rate by an educational intervention

S. Eskira, J. Gilad, P. Schlaeffer, E. Hyam, N. Peled, I. Karakis, K. Riesenberg, F. Schlaeffer, A. Borer

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The efficacy of an educational intervention to prevent blood culture contamination (BCC) in internal medicine was studied in two medical wards in a busy tertiary-care hospital in which blood cultures were obtained by physicians rather than dedicated phlebotomists. Baseline BCC rates were 5.7% and 7.1% in intervention and control wards, respectively (p 0.6), compared with 1.95% and 6.7%, respectively, post-intervention (p < 0.001). Following multivariate analysis, only an absence of intervention was an independent variable associated with BCC. Thus simple educational intervention reduced BCC in internal medicine and was considered to be cost-effective.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	818-821
Number of pages	4
Journal	Clinical Microbiology and Infection
Volume	12
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01446.x
State	Published - 1 Jan 2006

Keywords

Blood cultures
Contamination
Disinfection
Education
Intervention
Prevention

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Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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