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The Journal of the Japanese Society for Clinical Microbiology |
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[Vol.22 No.1 contents] Japanese / English |
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| ArticleTitle | A Questionnaire Survey of Blood Culture among Japanese Hospitals -A Pilot Study- |
| Language | J |
| AuthorList | Norio Ohmagari1),3), Shunji Takakura2), Yasufumi Matsumura2), Tomoyo Sugiyama1), Nozomi Takeshita3), Manami Takahashi3), Yusuke Ainoda4), Aeko Goto4), Naomi Chibana5), Takeya Ohshiro5), Kenji Uno6), Akifumi Nakayama6), Kenji Kubo7), Norio Ikeda7) |
| Affiliation |
1) Shizuoka Cancer Center Hospital, 2) Kyoto University Hospital, 3) National Center for Global Health and Medicine, 4) Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital, 5) Naha City Hospital, 6) Nara Medical University Hospital, 7) Japanese Red Cross Society Wakayama Medical Center |
| Publication | J.J.C.M.: 22 (1), 13-19, 2012 |
| Received | August 30, 2011 |
| Accepted | October 31, 2011 |
| Abstract | From the viewpoint of quality control and quality assessment of infectious disease practice, the national statistics for blood cultures are indispensable for Japan. We performed a questionnaire survey to obtain data regarding blood cultures (hospital basic statistics, number of blood cultures obtained, species and numbers of microorganisms isolated) in Japanese hospitals for the year of 2007-2009. Six hospitals participated. Total Bed numbers ranged from 470 to 1,423 (median, 852.5 beds). The median for blood cultures per 100 beds, 1,000-patient-days, and 1,000 admissions were 694.8 sets/100 beds (range: 296.6-2151.7), 25.2 sets/1,000 patient-days (range: 10.4-64.2), and 359.6 sets/1,000 admissions (range: 203.4-897.0). The median percentage for obtaining multiple blood culture sets was 67.2% (range: 50.7-85.2%). The median for contamination rate and positivity rate were 1.8% (range: 0.96-8.5%) and 13.9% (range: 11.0-20.0%). Blood culture indicators in this study showed large differences among the hospitals and were deviated from those of American Society of Microbiology. A nationwide survey is required to facilitate domestic and international comparison, which has been shown to be feasible. |
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