Impact of diagnostic stewardship interventions in the collection process of fungal blood cultures

Miguel A. Chavez; Satish Munigala; Carey Ann D. Burnham; Melanie L. Yarbrough; Crystal Squires; Josephine Fox; Heather Gasama; Kevin Hsueh; David K. Warren

doi:10.1017/ice.2023.182

Impact of diagnostic stewardship interventions in the collection process of fungal blood cultures

Miguel A. Chavez
, Satish Munigala
, Carey Ann D. Burnham
, Melanie L. Yarbrough
, Crystal Squires
, Josephine Fox
, Heather Gasama
, Kevin Hsueh
, David K. Warren

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We implemented 2 interventions to improve utilization and contamination at our institution: kits to improve appropriate sample collection and an electronic order alert displaying appropriate indications of fungal blood cultures. An electronic order alert when ordering fungal blood cultures was associated with decreased utilization without decrease in positivity rate.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	384-386
Number of pages	3
Journal	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Volume	45
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2023.182
State	Published - Mar 6 2024

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