Clean the skin: Reducing blood culture contamination in the emergency department.

McNab, L; Varndell, W; Vecellio, E; Chiew, AL

Clean the skin: Reducing blood culture contamination in the emergency department.

McNab, L Varndell, W

Vecellio, E Chiew, AL

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Emerg Med Australas, 2022, 34, (6), pp. 1006-1008
Issue Date:: 2022-12

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dc.contributor.author	McNab, L
dc.contributor.author	Varndell, W https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4752-9679
dc.contributor.author	Vecellio, E
dc.contributor.author	Chiew, AL
dc.date.accessioned	2022-12-05T02:11:48Z
dc.date.available	2022-08-28
dc.date.available	2022-12-05T02:11:48Z
dc.date.issued	2022-12
dc.identifier.citation	Emerg Med Australas, 2022, 34, (6), pp. 1006-1008
dc.identifier.issn	1742-6731
dc.identifier.issn	1742-6723
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/164107
dc.description.abstract	OBJECTIVE: To determine whether blood culture contamination (BCC) rates could be decreased in the ED by an educational programme. METHODS: Educational intervention focusing on a 1-min venepuncture cleaning time and providing a larger chlorhexidine alcohol swab. BCC rates were examined retrospectively 12-month pre-, and 9-month post-intervention. RESULTS: Six thousand nine hundred and fifty-three blood cultures were collected over the study period. The BCC rate was 2.4% pre-intervention versus 1.8% post-intervention, with no significant difference in BCC rates (Z-score = 1.862, P = 0.063). CONCLUSION: This educational intervention focusing on skin clean time did not significantly decrease BCC rates in a setting of an already low (<3%) BCC rate.
dc.format	Print-Electronic
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	Wiley
dc.relation.ispartof	Emerg Med Australas
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1111/1742-6723.14092
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject	1103 Clinical Sciences, 1117 Public Health and Health Services
dc.subject.classification	Emergency & Critical Care Medicine
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Blood Culture
dc.subject.mesh	Blood Specimen Collection
dc.subject.mesh	Retrospective Studies
dc.subject.mesh	Chlorhexidine
dc.subject.mesh	Emergency Service, Hospital
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Chlorhexidine
dc.subject.mesh	Blood Specimen Collection
dc.subject.mesh	Retrospective Studies
dc.subject.mesh	Emergency Service, Hospital
dc.subject.mesh	Blood Culture
dc.title	Clean the skin: Reducing blood culture contamination in the emergency department.
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	34
utslib.location.activity	Australia
utslib.for	1103 Clinical Sciences
utslib.for	1117 Public Health and Health Services
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access	*
dc.date.updated	2022-12-05T02:11:47Z
pubs.issue	6
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.volume	34
utslib.citation.issue	6

Abstract:

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether blood culture contamination (BCC) rates could be decreased in the ED by an educational programme. METHODS: Educational intervention focusing on a 1-min venepuncture cleaning time and providing a larger chlorhexidine alcohol swab. BCC rates were examined retrospectively 12-month pre-, and 9-month post-intervention. RESULTS: Six thousand nine hundred and fifty-three blood cultures were collected over the study period. The BCC rate was 2.4% pre-intervention versus 1.8% post-intervention, with no significant difference in BCC rates (Z-score = 1.862, P = 0.063). CONCLUSION: This educational intervention focusing on skin clean time did not significantly decrease BCC rates in a setting of an already low (<3%) BCC rate.

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