Clean the skin: Reducing blood culture contamination in the emergency department

被引：4
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作者：
Mcnab, Lincoln [1 ]
Varndell, Wayne [2 ,3 ]
Vecellio, Elia [4 ]
Chiew, Angela L. [2 ]
机构：
[1] Univ New South Wales, Prince Wales Clin Sch, Sydney, NSW, Australia
[2] Prince Wales Hosp, Dept Emergency Med, Sydney, NSW, Australia
[3] Univ Technol Sydney, Sch Nursing & Midwifery, Sydney, NSW, Australia
[4] Prince Wales Hosp, NSW Hlth Pathol, Sydney, NSW, Australia
来源：
EMERGENCY MEDICINE AUSTRALASIA | 2022年 / 34卷 / 06期
关键词：
blood culture; contamination; education; sepsis;
D O I：
10.1111/1742-6723.14092
中图分类号：
R4 [临床医学];
学科分类号：
1002 ; 100602 ;
摘要：
Objective: To determine whether blood culture contamination (BCC) rates could be decreased in the ED by an educational programme. Methods: Educational intervention focusing on a 1-min venepuncture cleaning time and providing a larger chlorhexidine alcohol swab. BCC rates were examined retrospectively 12-month pre-, and 9-month post-intervention. Results: Six thousand nine hundred and fifty-three blood cultures were collected over the study period. The BCC rate was 2.4% pre-intervention versus 1.8% post-intervention, with no significant difference in BCC rates (Z-score = 1.862, P = 0.063). Conclusion: This educational intervention focusing on skin clean time did not significantly decrease BCC rates in a setting of an already low (<3%) BCC rate.
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页码：1006 / 1008
页数：3
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