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Blood Culture, PICU — Goals and Metrics — Clinical Pathway: ICU

Blood Culture in Patients with Fever (Non-Oncology/Non-Neutropenic) Clinical Pathway — PICU

Goals

  1. Reduce rates of unnecessary blood cultures drawn from PICU patients.
  2. Standardize clinician approach to obtaining blood cultures in PICU patients.
  3. Increase use of peripheral venipuncture as an additional source for blood cultures when appropriate.

Metrics

  1. Monthly rate of blood cultures/1000 patient days for eligible PICU patients.
  2. The proportion of patients with central venous catheters who additionally have a peripheral culture obtained.
  3. Balancing metrics: monthly percent of PICU patients with antibiotic start > 60 minutes; and no increase in mortality for patients with sepsis.

 

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