Blood Culture Collection Best Practices for Laboratory Professionals
This CME/CMLE-accredited, case-based microlearning activity is designed to help phlebotomists and other clinical laboratory team members increase their knowledge, skills, and competence in applying best practices for adult blood culture collection in clinical laboratories. Through a series of ten 5-minute cases developed by a multidisciplinary team, you will gain a greater understanding of current guidelines to improve blood culture collection practices to maintain aseptic technique, reduce blood culture contamination rates, ensure patient safety, and contribute to timeliness and accuracy of patient diagnosis and treatment.
This case-based learning includes the following topics:
- Appropriate use of aerobic and anaerobic blood culture bottles
- Recommended blood volume for adult blood culture collection
- Proper disinfection procedures prior to blood culture collection
- Best practices to reduce risk of blood culture contamination
- Blood culture contamination rate calculation and monitoring
The activity offers 1.0 CME/CMLE credit.
Faculty/Authors
Sachin Gupta, PhD, MBA, MLS(ASCPi)MB, LSSBB, CPHQ
Scientific Director at the Center for Quality and Patient Safety, American Society for Clinical Pathology
Debbie Oliver, BBA, RPT, CPI
Clinical Education Specialist-Lab, Certified Phlebotomy Instructor, BayCare Health System
Physician's Competency: Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Practice-Based Learning and Improvement
CME/CMLE Credit: 1.0
Estimated Completion Time: 1.0 hour
Format: Online educational activity
Credit Designation Statement
The American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians.
The ASCP designates this activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ASCP designates this activity for a maximum of 1.0 CMLE credit. This activity meets CMP and state re-licensure requirements for laboratory personnel.
For questions regarding CME credit, please contact ASCP Customer Service at 1-800-267-2727, during normal business hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Eastern Time
Method of Participation
To complete the activity and receive credit, the participant must complete the online activity. CME certificates will be provided online.
Commercial Support
This project was made possible by Cooperative Agreement number NU47OE000107 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the American Society for Clinical Pathology and do not necessarily represent the official views of CDC.
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Instructions
To claim CME/CMLE credit for the exercise, do the following:
- Review the Technical Considerations.
- Click Go to Content to view an overview of the modules in this course.
- Complete the Demographic Survey.
- Submit the course Evaluation.
- Enter the maximum number of credits offered and click Claim CME/CMLE to register credit.
Faculty Disclosures Technical Considerations Release Dates: 5/27/2024
Review Date:Expiration Date: 5/26/2027