Are SEP-1 and blood culture stewardship at odds? Retrospective review of SEP-1 failures pre- and during a blood culture bottle shortage

2025/12/12 by Jonathan H. Ryder, Kelly Cawcutt, Cynthia A. Japp +1 · 1 voice
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Medicine · #Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing #Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment #Neonatal and Maternal Infections

paper · pdf · doi:10.1017/ice.2025.10317

Abstract

Timely blood cultures (BCx) are required by SEP-1. The recent BCx bottle shortage necessitated enhanced BCx stewardship. At two hospitals during the shortage, SEP-1 metric compliance declined related to BCx utilization. Review of cases where BCx were not obtained demonstrated most BCx were safely avoided without demonstrable patient harm.

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