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Department of Infective and Tropical Diseases, Intercommunal Hospital Centre of Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, France. Electronic address:
Paired aerobic/anaerobic cultures are routinely performed for the diagnosis of bacteraemia. This study aimed to assess the utility of anaerobic cultures in the management of infectious patients. All positive blood cultures taken from adult patients in a French hospital between November 2018 and March 2020 were evaluated.
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Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
Prospective Trial of a Passive Diversion Device to Reduce Blood Culture Contamination.
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Department of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
Background: Blood culture contaminants can lead to inappropriate antibiotic use, prolonged length of stay, and additional hospital costs. Several devices have been developed to reduce the risk of blood culture contamination by diverting a portion of the initial blood sample from the blood culture bottle. We assessed the effectiveness of 1 blood diversion device (BDD) in a prospective trial performed at the 2 separate emergency departments (EDs) of an academic medical center.
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Unlabelled: Current laboratory protocols for periprosthetic joint infections (PJIs) involve a standard 10- to 14-day incubation period. However, recent evidence indicates considerable variability in the time to diagnosis (TTD) between acute and chronic PJIs. TTD is also influenced by the employed culture media and sample types.
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Department of Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, USA.
Objective Design: In June of 2024, Becton Dickinson experienced a blood culture bottle shortage for their BACTEC system, forcing health systems to reduce usage or risk exhausting their supply. Virginia Commonwealth University Health System (VCUHS) in Richmond, VA decided that it was necessary to implement austerity measures to preserve the blood culture bottle supply.
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