Knowledge, attitude, and practice of blood culture contamination: A multicenter study

Archana Nair; Sean P Elliott; Mayar Al Mohajer

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2017.01.008

Knowledge, attitude, and practice of blood culture contamination: A multicenter study

Am J Infect Control. 2017 May 1;45(5):547-548. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2017.01.008. Epub 2017 Feb 15.

Authors

Archana Nair¹, Sean P Elliott², Mayar Al Mohajer³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
² Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
³ Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. Electronic address: malmohajer@email.arizona.edu.

PMID: 28214162
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2017.01.008

Abstract

We developed a questionnaire to assess the knowledge and practice of nursing staff, patient care assistants, phlebotomists, and laboratory technicians regarding blood culture collection and contamination at 2 tertiary care academic centers. Our study showed there were several gaps in knowledge and practice regarding obtaining blood cultures.

Keywords: Bacteremia; Nurses; Phlebotomists; Policy.

Publication types

Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

Academic Medical Centers
Attitude of Health Personnel*
Blood Culture / methods*
Cross-Sectional Studies
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice*
Humans
Professional Competence*
Specimen Handling / methods*
Surveys and Questionnaires
Tertiary Care Centers