Development and validation of a standardized blood culture contamination definition and metric dashboard for a large health care system.
Jill A HancockSheldon M CampbellMakoto M JonesJessica Wang-Rodrigueznull nullJ Stacey KluttsPublished in: American journal of clinical pathology (2023)
A standardized definition for blood culture contamination and a national data query were validated for enterprise-wide VHA use. To our knowledge, this represents the first reported standardized, validated, and automated approach for calculating and tracking blood culture contamination. This tool will be key in quality initiatives aimed at reducing contamination events in VHA.