Improving blood culture collection and handling to find infections faster

Is this trial a fit for you?

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

The project reviews adult blood culture sets received at the Gloucestershire microbiology laboratory from February 2023 to April 2024, focusing on blood volume and time to incubation. Researchers will use retrospective laboratory data together with questionnaires and focus groups of staff who collect blood cultures (nurses, physician associates, and doctors). Information from the data analysis and staff feedback will be used to design behaviour-change interventions to optimise the blood culture pathway. No experimental treatments are given; the work aims to identify practical process improvements.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

Inclusion Criteria:

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

Exclusion Criteria:

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's running

• Gloucestershire Royal Hospital
  Gloucester, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom Recruiting

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How to take part

1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.