Estimated Clinical and Economic Impact of Reducing Blood Culture Contamination

Topic

Estimated Clinical and Economic Impact of Reducing Blood Culture Contamination

Speaker

Kevin W. Garey, PharmD, MS
Professor and Chair
University of Houston College of Pharmacy

Attend this 60-minute program and you will learn:

• The clinical and economic impact associated with a false-positive blood culture
• The direct and indirect costs associated with a single false-positive blood culture event
• The expected cost savings per averted blood culture contamination event and blood culture draw with routine use of Steripath in the ED of a quaternary care medical center
• 60 minute webinar hosted by the American Hospital Association Health Forum

View Webinar Here