TY - JOUR
T1 - Off-site versus on-site clinical microbiology laboratory: a two-year comparison study of blood culture result reporting
AU - Posteraro, Patrizia
AU - Gasparoli, Cristiano
AU - Errico, Federica Maria
AU - Massaria, Giuseppe
AU - Sanguinetti, Maurizio
AU - Posteraro, Brunella
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - We analysed the blood culture (BC) result reporting at a small general hospital by a two-year comparison of on-site (year 2018) and off-site (year 2017) microbiology laboratory testing statuses. We observed that the turnaround times decreased and the positivity rates increased for the BCs processed in 2018 compared to those of 2017, and these differences were statistically significant. Our findings suggest that suboptimal preanalytical conditions, including delayed BC processing, may have negatively affected the BC outcomes in 2017.
AB - We analysed the blood culture (BC) result reporting at a small general hospital by a two-year comparison of on-site (year 2018) and off-site (year 2017) microbiology laboratory testing statuses. We observed that the turnaround times decreased and the positivity rates increased for the BCs processed in 2018 compared to those of 2017, and these differences were statistically significant. Our findings suggest that suboptimal preanalytical conditions, including delayed BC processing, may have negatively affected the BC outcomes in 2017.
KW - Blood culture
KW - Diagnostic workflow
KW - Laboratory service
KW - Positive bottles
KW - System process optimization
KW - Blood culture
KW - Diagnostic workflow
KW - Laboratory service
KW - Positive bottles
KW - System process optimization
UR - https://publicatt.unicatt.it/handle/10807/140201
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cmi.2019.06.021
DO - 10.1016/j.cmi.2019.06.021
M3 - Article
SN - 1198-743X
SP - N/A-N/A
JO - Clinical Microbiology and Infection
JF - Clinical Microbiology and Infection
IS - N/A
ER -