A National Survey of Interventions and Practices in the Prevention of Blood Culture Contamination and Associated Adverse Health Care Events

• 80% of respondents report a blood culture contamination rate less than 3%.
• 90% of hospital protocols emphasize direct venipuncture.
• About 60% report that hospitals likely submit CLABSI data to NHSN attributable to blood culture contamination.

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