Dr. Jeannette Bouchard is joined by experts Dr. Romney Humphries, Emily Fox, and Matt Miller to discuss the hot topic of blood culture stewardship and the details of how these experts persevered through the recent blood culture bottle shortage that caused chaos throughout health care institutions at the end of 2024! This medical education was provided by an education grant from bioMerieux.

References:

Fabre BCx Stewardship Article doi: 10.1128/JCM.01005-21
ED Bcx Stewardship doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2024.04.198
CT Surgery Stewardship doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivaf005
Every Crisis is an Opportunity doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofae479
Fun IV Coconut Water from I Feel Nerdy section: https://dr-martins.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2000_the-intravenous-use-of-coconut-water.pdf

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