Catheter-related bloodstream infections in adults receiving parenteral nutrition: does the time taken to report blood cultures impact on clinical management?

摘要

This project aimed to evaluate the time taken for formal reportingof blood culture results, the associated impact of this on prescribingappropriate antibiotic therapy and defining the period of starvationwhile parenteral nutrition (PN) is withheld for patients withcatheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSI) .