Centralized Communication of Blood Culture Results Leveraging Antimicrobial Stewardship and Rapid Diagnostics.
Shelby M ShemanskiNicholas BennettCynthia EssmyerKevin KennedyDonna M BuchananAndrew WarnesSarah BoydPublished in: Open forum infectious diseases (2019)
An ASP-led blood culture communication process for patients with positive blood cultures was shown to improve time to optimal therapy, support physicians in their decision making on critical lab data, and improve the care for hospitalized patients.