Sepsis Misdiagnosis Articles & Analysis
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Blood culture is the gold standard for detecting blood stream infections, including sepsis. An estimated 58 million are performed each year.2 A reduction in blood culture contamination rate from 3% to 1% equates to approximately 1.2 million fewer patients impacted by a potential misdiagnosis of sepsis. ...
Each year, more than 1.4 million patients with false-positive blood culture results are put at risk for sepsis misdiagnosis which can have serious impacts including unnecessary and prolonged antibiotic therapy, extended hospital stays, increased risk of hospital-acquired infections and increased morbidity and mortality. The problem of sepsis ...
Blood culture is the gold standard for detecting blood stream infections, including sepsis. It is one of the most frequently performed diagnostic tests in U.S. hospitals with an estimated 58 million tests performed each year. A reduction in blood culture contamination from 3% to 1% equates to approximately 1.2 million fewer patients impacted by a potential ...
Magnolia Medical Technologies, Inc., inventors of Steripath®, the only FDA 510(k)-cleared device platform indicated to reduce blood culture contamination for sepsis testing,1 today announced the expansion of its senior leadership team with the addition of Patrick O’Malley as Chief Financial Officer. ...