Dwindling Utilization of Central Venous Catheter Tip Cultures: An Analysis of Sampling Trends and Clinical Utility at 128 US Hospitals, 2009-2014

Yi Ling Lai; Jennifer Adjemian; Emily E. Ricotta; Lauren Mathew; Naomi P. O'grady; Sameer S. Kadri

doi:10.1093/cid/ciz218

Dwindling Utilization of Central Venous Catheter Tip Cultures: An Analysis of Sampling Trends and Clinical Utility at 128 US Hospitals, 2009-2014

Yi Ling Lai
, Jennifer Adjemian
, Emily E. Ricotta
, Lauren Mathew
, Naomi P. O'grady
, Sameer S. Kadri^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics

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Abstract

At 128 US hospitals, from 2009-2014, a 17% decline occurred annually in central venous catheter tips sent for culture: A 6-fold decrease from blood culture sampling trends. The positive predictive value was low (23%). Tip culture use often does not conform to recommendations and offers limited independent treatment opportunities.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1797-1800
Number of pages	4
Journal	Clinical Infectious Diseases
Volume	69
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciz218
State	Published - 15 Nov 2019

Keywords

central line-associated bloodstream infection
healthcare-associated infection
trends analysis

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