Optimisation of the Blood Culture Pathway Utilising Behaviour Change
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Conditions studied: Microbiology, Blood Culture
In brief
Blood culture (BC) is the gold standard for the definitive diagnosis of bacteraemia, providing the opportunity to recover and identify the causative organism, and optimize subsequent antimicrobial treatment. Detection of bacteraemia is critical for the management of sepsis. This study aims to examine the performance of the blood culture pathway in Gloucestershire Hospitals Trust using data analysis, questionnaires and focus groups. . Information collected will be used to design interventions that could be used to optimise the blood culture pathway
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT07392684
- Run by
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- People needed
- 24
- Starts
- 2025-10-01
- Expected to finish
- 2026-09-30
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-02-06
Who can join
Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Secondary data:
- adult blood culture sets received in the microbiology laboratory, between February 2023 and April 2024.
- Staff member participants
- Staff members that collect adult blood cultures within the Trust
You may not qualify if…
- Secondary data:
- paediatric blood culture samples
- samples where volume, collection and/or time to incubation data are not recorded on laboratory system and/or blood culture analyser
Where it is running
- Gloucestershire Royal Hospital — Gloucester, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom (enrolling)
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