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

Yi Ling Lai | Zendy; Jennifer Adjemian | Zendy; Emily Ricotta | Zendy; Lauren Mathew | Zendy; Naomi P. O’Grady | Zendy; Sameer S. Kadri | Zendy

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

Author(s) -

Yi Ling Lai,

Jennifer Adjemian,

Emily Ricotta,

Lauren Mathew,

Naomi P. O’Grady,

Sameer S. Kadri

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciz218

Subject(s) - medicine , central venous catheter , intensive care medicine , sampling (signal processing) , catheter , bloodstream infection , emergency medicine , surgery , filter (signal processing) , computer science , computer vision

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.

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