Blood Culture Stewardship (September 2024)

Webinar Overview

The VIPTC Blood Culture Stewardship webinar provides an overview to blood culture stewardship and the 2024 U.S. blood culture bottle shortage. Presented by Dr. Valeria Fabre, Associate Medical Director of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program and Associate Hospital Epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins Health System, this webinar covers the importance of blood culture stewardship, how to implement a blood culture stewardship program, and the impact of blood culture stewardship programs.

Overall Learning Objectives

• Explain the rationale and list the evidence-base for blood culture stewardship
• Describe the importance of blood culture stewardship guidance in the context of the recent national blood culture bottle shortages
• Describe the impact of blood culture stewardship programs
• Describe how to implement a blood culture stewardship program