|
Phone: 1-888-SMC-1397 Fax: 1-309-852-0159 Email: solutions@cleancollect.com
Need assistance? Try Live Chat support, email, or call the toll free number above. |
||
|
|
||
|
Costs of Blood Culture Contamination
Current research on the costs of blood culture contamination concludes that the average incident costs hospitals $8,680. This is based on studies from five teams of researchers at hospitals across the United States over 22 years and as recently as 2009. The studies examined a total of 7,775 patients. These studies compared the actual costs for patients with negative blood cultures against those with contaminated blood cultures.
References
Gander
RM, Byrd L, DeCrescenzo M, Hirany S, Bowen M, and Baughman J. Impact
of Phlebotomy-Drawn Blood Cultures on Contamination Rates and Health
Care Costs in a Hospital Emergency Department. JCM 2009 Apr:
47(4): p. 1021 -1024
2.Zwang
O, Albert RK. Analysis of strategies to improve cost effectiveness
of blood cultures. Journal of Hosp Med. 2006 Sep;1(5):272-6
3.Surdulescu,
S., D. Utamsingh, and R. Shekar. Phlebotomy teams reduce
blood-culture contamination rate and save money. Clin. Perform.
Qual. Health Care 6:60-62. 1998.
Bates
DW, Goldman L, Lee TH. Contaminant blood cultures and resource
utilization. The true consequences of false-positive results. JAMA.
1991 Jan 16;265(3):365-9
|
| |
|
|
||
|
Products | Diversion Method | Benefits | Research | Orders FAQ | Contact | Stone Medical Corporation Home 888-762-1397
|
||
|
Stone Medical Corporation © 2007-2010 All Rights Reserved |
||
