NDLI: Impact of Blood Cultures Drawn by Phlebotomy on Contamination Rates and Health Care Costs in a Hospital Emergency Department▿

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Author	Gander, Rita M. Byrd, Linda Michael, Decrescenzo Shaina, Hirany Bowen, Michelle Baughman, Judy
Abstract	We conducted a prospective comparison of blood culture contamination rates associated with dedicated phlebotomists and nonphlebotomy staff in the emergency department (ED) at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, TX. In addition, hospital charges and lengths of stay were determined for patients with negative, false-positive, and true-positive blood culture results. A total of 5,432 blood culture collections from two ED areas, the western wing of the ED (ED west) and the nonwestern wing of the ED (ED nonwest), were evaluated over a 13-month period. Phlebotomists drew 2,012 (55%) of the blood cultures in ED west while nonphlebotomy staff drew 1,650 (45%) in ED west and 1,770 (100%) in ED nonwest. The contamination rates of blood cultures collected by phlebotomists were significantly lower than those collected by nonphlebotomists in ED west (62/2,012 [3.1%] versus 122/1,650 [7.4%]; P < 0.001). Similar results were observed when rates between phlebotomists in ED west and nonphlebotomy staff in ED nonwest were compared (62/2,012 [3.1%] versus 100/1,770 [5.6%]; P < 0.001). Comparison of median patient charges between negative and false-positive episodes ($18,752 versus $27,472) showed $8,720 in additional charges per contamination event while the median length of stay increased marginally from 4 to 5 days. By utilizing phlebotomists to collect blood cultures in the ED, contamination rates were lowered to recommended levels, with projected reductions in patient charges of approximately $4.1 million per year.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jcm.02162-08
Ending Page	1024
Page Count	4
Starting Page	1021
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ISSN	00951137
e-ISSN	1098660X
Journal	Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Issue Number	4
Volume Number	47
Language	English
Publisher	American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
Publisher Date	2009-04-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
Subject Keyword	Microbiology (medical) Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Microbiology (medical)

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