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Education of Phlebotomy Teams Improves Blood Volume in Blood Culture Bottles

Author(s) -

Jakko van Ingen,

Nataliya Hilt,

Ron Bosboom

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

journal of clinical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349

H-Index - 255

eISSN - 1070-633X

pISSN - 0095-1137

DOI - 10.1128/jcm.03068-12

Subject(s) - phlebotomy , blood volume , anaerobic exercise , medicine , blood culture , surgery , anesthesia , physiology , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics

The volume of blood sampled for blood culture determines its sensitivity. We measured low mean blood volumes in submitted aerobic (8.38 ± 3.88 ml) and anaerobic (7.16 ± 3.83 ml) blood culture bottles. Educational seminars were held for phlebotomy teams, and renewed measurements thereafter revealed significantly higher blood volumes in submitted aerobic (9.77 ± 4.42 ml) and anaerobic (8.30 ± 3.64 ml) bottles. Education of phlebotomy teams improves the blood volume in blood culture bottles and should be part of quality control procedures.

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