title: Role of nursing unit factors on performance of phlebotomy and subsequent blood culture contamination rates.
abstract: Institutions have a duty to respond when blood culture contamination rates exceed the accepted national average of 3% to 4% and to identify risk factors so that interventions can be instituted. This study outlines work environment risk factors that can influence blood culture contamination rates. Development of interventions aimed at changing behaviors to improve these conditions may result in improvement in patient care, reduction in healthcare costs, and reduction in bacterial resistance.
authors.affiliation: Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, Missouri, USA. gweddle@cmh.edu
authors.forename: Gina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Weddle
authors.forename: Mary Anne
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.forename: Rangaraj
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Selvarangan
mesh_terms: D001800:Blood Specimen Collection / Q000451:nursing / Q000592:standards; D002648:Child; D016208:Databases, Factual; D004866:Equipment Contamination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016014:Linear Models; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018962:Phlebotomy / Q000592:standards*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012307:Risk Factors; D018805:Sepsis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control