91. Implementation of a blood culture algorithm in emergency department patients as a diagnostic stewardship intervention

BACKGROUND: Blood cultures (BCx) are commonly ordered for patients at low risk of bacteremia. Liberal ordering can increase false-positive results due to contamination, along with increasing length of stay, excess antibiotics, and unnecessary diagnostic procedures. We implemented an algorithm for ap...

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Autores principales: Seidelman, Jessica, Theophanous, Rebecca, Ramos, John, Calland, Alyssa R, Krcmar, Rachel, Shah, Priya, Tarabal da matta, Lucas, Shaheen, Stephen, Wrenn, Rebekah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10678846/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad500.007

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10678846/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad500.007

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