Abstract:
:Blood cultures (BCs) are the standard method for diagnosis of bloodstream infections (BSIs). However, the average BC contamination rate (CR) in U.S. hospitals is 2.9%, potentially resulting in unnecessary antibiotic use and excessive therapy costs. Several studies have compared various skin antisepsis agents without a clear consensus as to which agent is most effective in reducing contamination. A prospective, randomized crossover study directly comparing blood culture contamination rates using chlorhexidine versus iodine tincture for skin antisepsis was performed at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH). Eight nursing units at RWJUH were provided with blood culture kits containing either chlorhexidine (CH) or iodine tincture (IT) for skin antisepsis prior to all blood culture venipunctures, which were obtained by nurses or clinical care technicians. At quarterly intervals, the antiseptic agent used on each nursing unit was switched. Analyses of positive BCs were performed to distinguish true BSIs from contaminants. Of the 6,095 total BC sets obtained from the participating nursing units, 667 (10.94%) were positive and 238 (3.90%) were judged by the investigators to be contaminated. Of the 3,130 BCs obtained using IT, 340 (10.86%) were positive and 123 (3.93%) were contaminated. Of 2,965 BCs obtained using CH, 327 (11.03%) were positive and 115 (3.88%) were contaminated. The rates of contaminated BCs were not statistically significant between the two antiseptic agents (P = 1.0). We conclude that CH and IT are equivalent agents for blood culture skin antisepsis.
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J Clin Microbioljournal_title
Journal of clinical microbiologyauthors
Story-Roller E,Weinstein MPdoi
10.1128/JCM.01457-16subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2016-12-01 00:00:00pages
3007-3009issue
12eissn
0095-1137issn
1098-660Xpii
JCM.01457-16journal_volume
54pub_type
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