Ann Clin Microbiol.
2013 Dec;16(4):153-161. 10.5145/ACM.2013.16.4.153.
Development of Blood Culture and Quality Improvement
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- 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, Gyeongsang Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Jinju, Korea. sjkim8239@hanmail.net
- KMID: 1501977
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2013.16.4.153
Abstract
- Sepsis is a common and critical illness diagnosed via blood culture. Although a continuous blood culture monitoring system was introduced several decades ago, optimal utilization and improvement of blood culture methods has not been discussed recently. The author describes several blood culture-related topics including optimal blood collection procedures, quality control indicators, prior antibiotic treatment, delayed entry, time to detection, follow-up blood culture, catheter-related bloodstream infection, and new techniques to rapidly identify microorganisms. Although rapid, automatic blood culture systems are likely to be developed in the near future, quality improvement should be accomplished by well-educated medical personnel.
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