To wait or not to wait: Optimal time interval between the first and second blood-culture sets to maximize blood-culture yield
Date:
01/15/2022
Citation:
Fabre V, Jones GF, Hsu Y-J, Carroll KC, Cosgrove SE. To wait or not to wait: Optimal time interval between the first and second blood-culture sets to maximize blood-culture yield. Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology. 2022;2(1):e51. doi:10.1017/ash.2022.27
Abstract
The optimal timing of blood culture (BCx) sets collection has not been evaluated with continuous BCx detection systems. The yield of BCx was similar between short intervals (median, 3 minutes) and longer intervals (median, 16 or 43 minutes) among 5,856 BCx, except for improved polymicrobial bacteremia detection with long-interval BCx.