That is a great idea. Thanks Sent from my iPhone
> On Sep 7, 2018, at 1:02 PM, Angela Craig <acr...@crmchealth.org> wrote: > > We are working on this exact issue at our hospital. We are about to go to a > process where we will post all names and contamination rates and celebrate > those who do well and those who have a 3% or greater contamination rate will > have to go to a blood culture refresher class. Hope that helps. > > > > Angela Craig APN,MS,CCNS > ICU Clinical Nurse Specialist > 1 Medical Center Boulevard, Cookeville, TN 38501 > Phone: 931-783-5035 Fax: 931-783-5039 > acr...@crmchealth.org | crmchealth.org |Facebook | Twitter > Cookeville Regional Medical Center: Building Healthier Communities > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sepsisgroups [mailto:sepsisgroups-boun...@lists.sepsisgroups.org] On > Behalf Of Bankert, Eve > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2018 11:39 AM > To: jenny clarke; sepsisgroups@lists.sepsisgroups.org > Subject: Re: [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. *** > > > I would recommend extensive education/training for all personnel collecting > blood cultures. As the microbiology supervisor in a community hospital in NY > that had a 10% contamination rate, we used a multidisciplinary approach and > brought the rate down to 2% in a year's time. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sepsisgroups [mailto:sepsisgroups-boun...@lists.sepsisgroups.org] On > Behalf Of jenny clarke > Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2018 12:42 PM > To: sepsisgroups@lists.sepsisgroups.org > Subject: [Sepsis Groups] Blood cultures false positive > > 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 > Sepsisgroups@lists.sepsisgroups.org > http://lists.sepsisgroups.org/listinfo.cgi/sepsisgroups-sepsisgroups.org > _______________________________________________ > Sepsisgroups mailing list > Sepsisgroups@lists.sepsisgroups.org > 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 Sepsisgroups@lists.sepsisgroups.org http://lists.sepsisgroups.org/listinfo.cgi/sepsisgroups-sepsisgroups.org
