But if they are on abx already then the culture are not going to be accurate
Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 7, 2018, at 10:28 AM, Bankert, Eve <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Contamination during collection would most likely be reproducible in the > microbiology lab by re-culturing the specimen and obtaining the same results. > If the specimen was contaminated during the (microbiologist) workup of the > culture this would probably not be the case. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sepsisgroups [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of jenny clarke > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2018 1:28 PM > To: Angela Craig > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Sepsis Groups] Blood cultures false positive > > Yes and also ones that come back positive because they were contaminated from > just way lab or staff did them. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Sep 5, 2018, at 12:16 PM, Angela Craig <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Are you talking about contaminated cultures that will count as a positive?? >> If so we are working on this issue. >> >> Angela Craig APN,MS,CCNS >> ICU Clinical Nurse Specialist >> 1 Medical Center Boulevard, Cookeville, TN 38501 >> Phone: 931-783-5035 Fax: 931-783-5039 >> [email protected] | crmchealth.org |Facebook | Twitter >> Cookeville Regional Medical Center: Building Healthier Communities >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Sepsisgroups [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of jenny clarke >> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2018 11:42 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [Sepsis Groups] Blood cultures false positive >> >> *** WARNING: This is an EXTERNAL EMAIL that originated outside of CRMC's >> Email System. Do not click any links or open any attachments unless you >> trust the sender and know the content is safe. *** >> >> >> Anyone have any help to curb this issue? I have even tried to make it >> sterile process and still running into issues. Thanks ahead >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> _______________________________________________ >> Sepsisgroups mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.sepsisgroups.org/listinfo.cgi/sepsisgroups-sepsisgroups.org >> >> This email message has been delivered safely and archived online by >> Mimecast. For more information please visit http://www.mimecast.com >> > _______________________________________________ > Sepsisgroups mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sepsisgroups.org/listinfo.cgi/sepsisgroups-sepsisgroups.org _______________________________________________ Sepsisgroups mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sepsisgroups.org/listinfo.cgi/sepsisgroups-sepsisgroups.org
