Blood Culture Procedures in a Busy Emergency Room: Balancing or Biasing Groups During Randomization

Tetsuro Aita¹, Sugihiro Hamaguchi¹, Hiroaki Nakagawa¹, Sei Takahashi^{1

2}, Toru Naganuma^{1

2}, Yoko Shimotani¹, Yohei Nakamoto¹, Kie Yaguchi¹, Yuki Kataoka^{3

4

5

6}, Keisuke Anan^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of General Internal Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan.
² Futaba Emergency and General Medicine Support Center, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan.
³ Hospital Care Research Unit, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center, Amagasaki, Japan.
⁴ Department of Healthcare Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
⁵ Systematic Review Workshop Peer Support Group (SRWS-PSG), Osaka, Japan.
⁶ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center, Amagasaki, Japan.

Comment

Tetsuro Aita et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2021.

. 2021 Jun 15;72(12):e1163-e1164.

doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1794.

Tetsuro Aita¹, Sugihiro Hamaguchi¹, Hiroaki Nakagawa¹, Sei Takahashi^{1

2}, Toru Naganuma^{1

2}, Yoko Shimotani¹, Yohei Nakamoto¹, Kie Yaguchi¹, Yuki Kataoka^{3

4

5

6}, Keisuke Anan^{4

5}

¹ Department of General Internal Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan.
² Futaba Emergency and General Medicine Support Center, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan.
³ Hospital Care Research Unit, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center, Amagasaki, Japan.
⁴ Department of Healthcare Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
⁵ Systematic Review Workshop Peer Support Group (SRWS-PSG), Osaka, Japan.
⁶ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center, Amagasaki, Japan.

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Reply to Aida et al.
Zimmerman FS, Karameh H, Ben-Chetrit E, Levin PD. Zimmerman FS, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Jun 15;72(12):e1164. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1796. Clin Infect Dis. 2021. PMID: 33257946 No abstract available.

Modification of Blood Test Draw Order to Reduce Blood Culture Contamination: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Zimmerman FS, Karameh H, Ben-Chetrit E, Zalut T, Assous M, Levin PD. Zimmerman FS, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Aug 22;71(5):1215-1220. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz971. Clin Infect Dis. 2020. PMID: 31570942 Clinical Trial.