Evaluation of interprovider consistency in interpretation of blood culture guidelines at an academic medical center

• Main Authors: Sherif Shoucri (Author), Tony Li-Geng (Author), David DiTullio (Author), Jenny Yang (Author), Emily Fiore (Author), Arnold Decano (Author), Yanina Dubrovskaya (Author), Dana Mazo (Author), Ioannis Zacharioudakis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Blood cultures are a fundamental tool in the diagnosis of infections, but they can lead to clinical confusion and waste resources when they yield false results. To optimize blood-culture orders at our institution, we developed an evidence-based clinical guideline (Fig. 1) to be used by f...