Clinical outcomes associated with blood-culture contamination are not affected by utilization of a rapid blood-culture identification system.
Sidra Liaquat KhanGleb HaynatzkiSharon J MedcalfMark E RuppPublished in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2023)
The introduction of a rapid PCR-based blood culture identification system did not improve clinical outcomes, such as length of hospital stay and duration of antibiotic therapy, in patients with contaminated blood cultures.