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Preparation of a Blood Culture Pellet for Rapid Bacterial Identification and Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing
Published on: October 15, 2014
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[Blood culture diagnostic--challenge or routine standard of care?]
Anasthesiologie, Intensivmedizin, Notfallmedizin, Schmerztherapie : AINS
|February 28, 2015
Abstract:
Blood cultures are an essential diagnostic tool to investigate suspected cases of sepsis. However, several studies indicate that (compared with other countries) blood culture diagnostics is only rarely performed in German healthcare facilities. Reasons for this are unknown, but could include clinicians' perception that the turn-around time of results is delayed or that contamination rates are high. Therefore, this article aims to summarize important aspects involved in assuring quality of blood culture diagnostics as well as innovative approaches.

