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
