TABLE 3.
Total estimated net cost savings per blood culture collection associated with routine Steripath implementation in the ED
| Baseline blood culture contamination rate prior to Steripath implementation for routine blood culture collection (%) |
Expected cost savings ($/culture) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microbiology |
Pharmacy | Hospital, indirect | Total |
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| With RDTa | Without RDT | With RDT | Without RDT | |||
| 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 74 | 83 | 79 |
| 3 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 117 | 130 | 124 |
| 4 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 160 | 178 | 170 |
| 6 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 244 | 272 | 261 |
| 8 | 28 | 12 | 10 | 330 | 367 | 352 |
a
RDT, rapid diagnostic testing.