#115 – Silver Lining of Shortages: Blood Culture Best Practices

#115 – Silver Lining of Shortages: Blood Culture Best Practices

Author: Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists April 25, 2025 Duration: 1:05:34

Dr. Jeannette Bouchard is joined by experts Dr. Romney Humphries, Emily Fox, and Matt Miller to discuss the hot topic of blood culture stewardship and the details of how these experts persevered through the recent blood culture bottle shortage that caused chaos throughout health care institutions at the end of 2024! This medical education was provided by an education grant from bioMerieux.

References:

  1. Fabre BCx Stewardship Article doi: 10.1128/JCM.01005-21
  2. ED Bcx Stewardship doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2024.04.198
  3. CT Surgery Stewardship doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivaf005
  4. Every Crisis is an Opportunity doi:  10.1093/ofid/ofae479
  5. Fun IV Coconut Water from I Feel Nerdy section: https://dr-martins.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2000_the-intravenous-use-of-coconut-water.pdf

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