Integrated decentralized blood culture incubation: A step towards a 24/7 microbiology service?

Frieder Schaumburg; Franziska Schuler; Manfred Fobker; Jutta Esser

doi:10.1016/j.mimet.2024.106973

Integrated decentralized blood culture incubation: A step towards a 24/7 microbiology service?

J Microbiol Methods. 2024 Aug:223:106973. doi: 10.1016/j.mimet.2024.106973. Epub 2024 Jun 14.

Authors

Frieder Schaumburg¹, Franziska Schuler², Manfred Fobker³, Jutta Esser³

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany.
³ Central facility for laboratory medicine, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany.

PMID: 38880388
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2024.106973

Abstract

To have an impact on the mortality of bloodstream infections, microbiological diagnostics of blood cultures (BC) should provide first results within 12 h. Here, we show how a decentralized BC incubation connected to the central BC incubators via a browser-based application significantly reduces turnaround times.

Keywords: Automation; Blood culture; Incubation; Turnaround time.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Bacteremia / diagnosis
Bacteremia / microbiology
Blood Culture* / methods
Humans
Microbiological Techniques / methods
Time Factors