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Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement

Session: ePoster Presentation

QAPI 114 - Reducing Blood Culture Contamination Rates Through a Quality Improvement Initiative Targeted Toward Non-laboratory Staff

Tuesday, June 17, 2025
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM PT
Location: Kiosk 8
Disclosure(s):
Anna-Maria Zarembok, MPH: No financial relationships to disclose
Erin Marney, MPH: No financial relationships to disclose
Jennifer Husband, MPH, CIC: No financial relationships to disclose

Learning Objectives:

  • Foster interdisciplinary collaboration to reduce blood culture contamination events.
  • Describe the impact of blood culture contamination in non-laboratory staff.
  • Demonstrate how to partner with frontline staff to create an effective audit tool.