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To wait or not to wait: Optimal time interval between the first and second blood-culture sets to maximize blood-culture yield

Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology (2022) 2(1)
DOI: 10.1017/ash.2022.27
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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.

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Fabre, V., Jones, G. F., Hsu, Y. J., Carroll, K. C., & Cosgrove, S. E. (2022). To wait or not to wait: Optimal time interval between the first and second blood-culture sets to maximize blood-culture yield. Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.1017/ash.2022.27

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