Clinical consequences of contaminated blood cultures in adult hospitalized patients at an institution utilizing a rapid blood-culture identification system.
Sidra LiaquatLorena BaccagliniGleb HaynatzkiSharon J MedcalfMark E RuppPublished in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2020)
Despite the use of molecular-based, rapid blood-culture identification, contamination of blood cultures continues to result in prolonged hospital stay and unnecessary antibiotic therapy in hospitalized patients.