Self WH, Talbot TR, Paul BR, Collins SP, Ward MJ.
Cost Analysis of Strategies to Reduce Blood Culture Contamination in the Emergency Department: Sterile Collection Kits and Phlebotomy Teams
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014 Aug;35(8):1021-8.
August 2014
- Compared hospital costs associated with three collection strategies: usual care, sterile kits, and phlebotomy teams.
- Baseline contamination rates associated with usual care, sterile kits, and phlebotomy teams were 4.34%, 1.68%, and 1.10%, respectively.
- Compared to usual care, annual net savings using the sterile kit and phlebotomy team strategies were $483,219 and $288,980, respectively.
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