To wait or not to wait: Optimal time interval between the first and second blood-culture sets to maximize blood-culture yield

• Main Authors: Valeria Fabre (Author), George F. Jones (Author), Yea-Jen Hsu (Author), Karen C. Carroll (Author), Sara E. Cosgrove (Author), for the CDC Prevention Epicenters Program (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The optimal timing of blood culture (BCx) sets collection has not been evaluated with continuous BCx detection systems. The yield of BCx was similar between short intervals (median, 3 minutes) and longer intervals (median, 16 or 43 minutes) among 5,856 BCx, except for improved polymicrobial bacterem...