Education of medical personnel optimizes filling volume of blood culture bottles without negatively affecting microbiology testing

• Main Authors: Katrin Steiner (Author), Joanna Baron-Stefaniak (Author), Alexander M. Hirschl (Author), Wolfgang Barousch (Author), Birgit Willinger (Author), David M. Baron (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Anemia is a risk factor for adverse outcomes, which can be aggravated by unnecessary phlebotomies. In blood culture testing, up to 30 ml of blood can be withdrawn per sample, even though most manufacturers recommend blood volumes of 10 ml or less. After assessing the filling volu...