Background Blood culture collection remains the gold standard to diagnose bacteraemia.
Current evidence suggests that the emergency department (ED) often has blood culture …

Background Overuse of blood cultures (BCs) in emergency departments (EDs) leads to low
yields and high numbers of contaminated cultures, accompanied by increased diagnostics …

Objectives To develop predictive models for blood culture (BC) outcomes in an emergency
department (ED) setting. Design Retrospective observational study. Setting ED of a large …

Objective To benchmark blood culture (BC) quality in an Australian ED, explore groups at
risk of suboptimal BC collection, and identify potential areas for improvement. Methods This …

Introduction The liberal use of blood cultures in emergency departments (EDs) leads to low
yields and high numbers of false-positive results. False-positive, contaminated cultures are …

Objectives To describe clinical recognition, response and outcomes of patients with sepsis.
Methods A retrospective, observational study was undertaken at two hospitals. Inclusion …

Background Unique blood culture (UBC) has been proposed to limit the number of
venipuncture and to decrease the risk of BC contaminations (BCC) without affecting their …

Abstract Objective Blood cultures (BCs) remain a key investigation in ED patients at risk of
bacteraemia. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of a multi‐modal, nursing‐led …

Background Collecting blood cultures from patients admitted from the emergency
department (ED) with acute respiratory infection (ARI) is common, but the rate of secondary …

Les bactériémies constituent une cause majeure de mortalité dans le monde, y compris
dans le contexte des pays à haut niveau de développement sanitaire. Le prélèvement …