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Blood culture liaison process – advice by organism type- 3. Gram negatives
Incomplete SECOND CLINICIAN CALL: Confirmed culture identification with susceptibility available Prior to calling, check the isolate antibiogram to see that species and susceptibility are consistent with each other – see EUCAST Expert rules which provide intrinsic resistance characters by species, … Continue reading
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Blood culture liaison process – 2. Advice by organism type- Gram positives
SECOND CLINICIAN CALL: Confirmed culture identification with susceptibility available Prior to calling, check the isolate antibiogram to see that species and susceptibility are consistent – see EUCAST Expert rules which provide expected antibiotic phenotypes for specific bacterial species If possible … Continue reading
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Positive blood culture laboratory liaison approach – 1. Initial Gram stain
BACKGROUND Important guide: G_90_Info_10_A Common Blood culture Gram stains and implications 1Sep22 amended 1May25 Documentation! Always record your clinician discussion about a case in a large personal diary or preferably on the electronic pathology record for the patient’s sample if … Continue reading
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Blood culture tutorials: May 2020 PRIDA course
Ombelet et al Excellent LMIC blood culture review – great reference ! Gram stain appearance and implications ver 2 2020 Ferguson Essential clinical care of patients with Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection – 9 key steps G_90_Info_3_A Blood culture collection procedure 31Mar22 … Continue reading
ISBAR – an essential process for improving clinical handover and liaison by pathology services
Structured conversations between clinicians or between pathologists and clinicians are a good idea – poor communication risks patient safety and contributes to adverse outcomes. The ISBAR framework enables clear, focused and information relevant clinical communications.
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Maximising the value of blood cultures
Originally posted on AIMED – Let's talk about antibiotics:
Blood cultures give a critically important window on bacterial and fungal sepsis, providing direct patient treatment guidance and reliable antimicrobial susceptibility data that are used to construct cumulative antibiograms and empirical treatment guidelines.…
Microbiology and Infectious Diseases postgraduate teaching (PRIDA) 