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Do blood contamination reduction devices work? A single institution comparison

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 November 2024

Maria E. Navas Open the ORCID record for Maria E. Navas [Opens in a new window] ,
Salman Siddiq ,
Laurie Bauer Open the ORCID record for Laurie Bauer [Opens in a new window] ,
Jose A. Rivera Open the ORCID record for Jose A. Rivera [Opens in a new window] ,
Anita J. White ,
Stella Ache ,
Mark Osborne ,
Nataliya Kachaluba ,
Brian Klonowski Open the ORCID record for Brian Klonowski [Opens in a new window]  and
Christine Robbins
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Maria E. Navas*
Affiliation:
Louis Stokes VA Medical Center, VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System, Cleveland, OH, USA
Salman Siddiq
Affiliation:
Louis Stokes VA Medical Center, VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System, Cleveland, OH, USA
Laurie Bauer
Affiliation:
Louis Stokes VA Medical Center, VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System, Cleveland, OH, USA
Jose A. Rivera
Affiliation:
Louis Stokes VA Medical Center, VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System, Cleveland, OH, USA
Anita J. White
Affiliation:
Louis Stokes VA Medical Center, VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System, Cleveland, OH, USA
Stella Ache
Affiliation:
Louis Stokes VA Medical Center, VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System, Cleveland, OH, USA
Mark Osborne
Affiliation:
Louis Stokes VA Medical Center, VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System, Cleveland, OH, USA
Nataliya Kachaluba
Affiliation:
Louis Stokes VA Medical Center, VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System, Cleveland, OH, USA
Brian Klonowski
Affiliation:
Louis Stokes VA Medical Center, VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System, Cleveland, OH, USA
Christine Robbins
Affiliation:
Louis Stokes VA Medical Center, VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System, Cleveland, OH, USA
Curtis Donskey
Affiliation:
Louis Stokes VA Medical Center, VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System, Cleveland, OH, USA
*
Corresponding author: Maria E. Navas; Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

We compare two initial specimen diversion devices evaluated over 3 months to investigate their utility in lowering blood culture contamination rates at or below 1%. Overall contamination rates during trial periods were 2.46% and 2.60% but usage was low, whereas device-specific contamination rates were 0.68% and 0.8%, respectively.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 46 , Issue 1 , January 2025 , pp. 93 - 95
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© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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