Rapid implementation of blood culture stewardship: institutional response to an acute national blood culture bottle shortage.

Romney M HumphriesPatty W WrightRitu BanerjeeDaniel E DulekJohn C ChampionDavid C GastonThomas R Talbot

Published in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2024)

We describe our approach to addressing a nation-wide supply issue for blood culture bottles. Aerobic blood culture bottles received from our distributor July 1-15, 2024 was <1% of typical usage. Through education and ordering restrictions blood culture designed to minimize risk, orders were reduced by 49% over a one-week period.

Keyphrases

healthcare
primary care
intensive care unit
high intensity
respiratory failure
placebo controlled