Off-site versus on-site clinical microbiology laboratory: a two-year comparison study of blood culture result reporting

Maurizio Sanguinetti; Brunella Posteraro

doi:10.1016/j.cmi.2019.06.021

Off-site versus on-site clinical microbiology laboratory: a two-year comparison study of blood culture result reporting

Maurizio Sanguinetti, Brunella Posteraro

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Abstract

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.

Lingua originale	English
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Rivista	Clinical Microbiology and Infection
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2019.06.021
Stato di pubblicazione	Pubblicato - 2019

Keywords

Blood culture
Diagnostic workflow
Laboratory service
Positive bottles
System process optimization

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Off-site versus on-site clinical microbiology laboratory: a two-year comparison study of blood culture result reporting

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