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The Cost of Blood Culture Contamination

Blood culture contamination and false-positive results for sepsis routinely lead to unnecessary and prolonged use of broad-spectrum antibiotics, which can have harmful clinical and cost consequences. 2

Patient Harm

3 million antibiotic-resistant and Clostridioides difficile Infections (CDIs) each year and 48,000 people die.

1 in 5 patients experience adverse drug event (ADE) associated with antibiotic administration in acute care hospital setting.

Wasted Resources

$6 billion is spent by our U.S. healthcare system each year on unnecessary treatment associated with false-positive blood culture results. 49

This does not include the impact blood culture contamination can have on CMS key quality outcome metrics and hospital reimbursement.

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Developed by Physicians. Backed by Science. Proven Results.

The Steripath® Initial Specimen Diversion Device® is FDA 510(k)-cleared with a specific indication to reduce blood culture contamination3 for sepsis testing accuracy. The submission included clinical studies reporting an 83% and 88% contamination rate reduction for blood cultures collected via peripheral venipuncture and peripheral IV start and peripheral venipuncture only.

Steripath is the simple, all-in-one, evidence-backed solution that gives you the proven results you need for diagnostic stewardship to provide your patients with the best quality care.