Şebnem Çalkavur, Oğuz Han Kalkanlı, Tuna Ketenci, Nazan Kavas, Miray Yılmaz Çelebi, Arzu Bayram, İlker Devrim
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Background: Isolating microorganisms from blood cultures is the gold standard for identifying the cause of sepsis. However, contamination of the blood culture is a significant barrier to the blood culture's utility. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the impact of blood culture bundles on the incidence of contamination in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
Methods: A prospective research to compare pre-bundle and bundle periods was created. During the bundle period, a bundle for blood culture sampling was implemented. The numbers of unnecessary antibiotic days and hospital stay following a false positive blood culture were used to calculate costs.
Results: A total of 320 neonatal blood culture procedures were included. The rate of blood culture contamination was 3.8% in the bundle and 12.5% in the pre-bundle period, this was significantly higher in the pre-bundle period (p.
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