The microbiology manager has noticed a significant increase in contaminated bloo

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The microbiology manager has noticed a significant increase in contaminated blood cultures this month.

Contamination occurs due to improper phlebotomy technique (i.e., not thoroughly cleaning the puncture site prior to specimen collection) allowing skin flora to enter the culture bottle. This can result in the patient being prescribed antibiotics that are not needed. Their hospital stay may also be extended in order to r/o sepsis.

Blood cultures are collected by phlebotomists from the laboratory and by nurses on the floors.

You are the Allied Health and Nursing Education Coordinator for the hospital.

Use the PDCA tool to develop a plan of action that will help decrease the number of contaminated cultures.

Explanation / Answer

PDCA stands for Plan ,Do, Check ,Act

This tool enables a Allied Health and Nursing Educator Coordinator in the following way to bring down the contamination rate

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