Do blood contamination reduction devices work? A single institution comparison

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2024 Nov 25:1-3. doi: 10.1017/ice.2024.169. Online ahead of print.

Abstract

We compare two initial specimen diversion devices evaluated over 3 months to investigate their utility in lowering blood culture contamination rates at or below 1%. Overall contamination rates during trial periods were 2.46% and 2.60% but usage was low, whereas device-specific contamination rates were 0.68% and 0.8%, respectively.