Healthcare Professionals

False positives are not anyone’s fault. Even when following best practice procedures, contamination still can occur during supply and skin preparation.

Reducing the blood culture contamination rate from the national average of 3% to 1% equates to approximately 1.4 million fewer patients harmed annually.

Laboratory results drive clinical patient care decisions in your hospital and the productivity of your laboratory affects the performance of the entire hospital.

The national goal for blood culture contamination rate is 1% with best practices. Is your hospital on the path toward achieving this target?