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. 2025 Feb 24;80(2):472-474.
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciae402.

Rapid Implementation of Blood Culture Stewardship: Institutional Response to an Acute National Blood Culture Bottle Shortage

Romney M Humphries  1 , Patty W Wright  2 , Ritu Banerjee  3 , Daniel E Dulek  3 , John C Champion  4 , David C Gaston  1   2 , Thomas R Talbot  2
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Rapid Implementation of Blood Culture Stewardship: Institutional Response to an Acute National Blood Culture Bottle Shortage

Romney M Humphries et al. Clin Infect Dis. .

Abstract

We describe our approach to addressing a nationwide supply issue for blood culture bottles. Aerobic blood culture bottles received from our distributor during 1-15 July 2024 were <1% of typical usage. Through education and ordering restrictions of blood culture, designed to minimize risk, orders were reduced by 49% over a 1-week period.

Keywords: blood cultures; laboratory stewardship; supply shortages.

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Conflict of interest statement

Potential conflicts of interest. The authors: No reported conflicts of interest. All authors have submitted the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest.

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