Objectives: Identify the etiology of bacteremia. Outline the workup of a patient with
bacteremia. Review the treatment and management options available for bacteremia …

Blood culture is the standard diagnostic modality for detection of bloodstream infections, and
the sensitivity of blood culture detection is directly predicated on the blood culture fill volume …

We investigated the impact of a multimodal intervention to improve the compliance of BC
collections as a composite outcome, taking into account both blood volume collected and …

Abstract Objective Blood cultures (BCs) remain a key investigation in ED patients at risk of
bacteraemia. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of a multi‐modal, nursing‐led …

Background: Blood cultures are essential diagnostic tools to identify pathogens in systemic
infections. However, logistics of blood culture performance is often suboptimal. This study …

Materials and methods When reporting the trial results, we followed the guidelines included
in the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials 2010 statement: extension to randomised …

Background: The aim of this study was to optimize the mean volume of blood drawn by
nurses to a level that is recommended by our hospital through the implementation of PDCA …

Objective The establishment of a department of general internal medicine (GIM) has been
shown to improve the clinical outcomes among patients treated in GIM departments but the …

BACKGROUND The College of American Pathologists (CAP) requires that CAP-accredited
institutions monitor blood culture volumes and report results to the staff who collect the …

Aim: To determine the appropriateness of blood volume in automated blood culture bottles
of the BACT/ALERT 3D system, its effect on isolation rate and time to positivity of pathogens …