Every Minute Counts: Opportunities For Faster Blood Culture Results
SUMMARY
Receiving faster, actionable blood culture results is a priority for the laboratory and for the entire clinical team when treating patients with sepsis. In critical care, early diagnosis is a decisive factor for decreasing mortality rates, adverse effects, length of hospital stay, costs, and the threat of antimicrobial resistance. Joel Mortensen, PhD, lab director at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital adds his perspective in this LabRoots article.
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Joel Mortensen, PhD, Director of Infectious Diseases Testing Laboratory at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
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For patients with possible bloodstream infections, faster time to results is critical.
Read time: 3 minutes
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LabRoots
May 11, 2021
