Internal Reference Number: FOI_8522
Date Request Received: 19/03/2025 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 07/04/2025 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Improving the blood culture pathway
Request Category: Companies
| Question Number 1: Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please could the ¾¨Ó㴫ý provide the following information. In June 2022 ¾¨Ó㴫ý England published a document entitled ‘Improving the blood culture pathway’ which included a few recommendations regarding blood culture collection and data that should be collected and reported on at Board level. Can you please provide me with answers to the following questions: Does your Trust have a process for skin preparation/cleaning prior to blood collection? Y/N | |
| Answer To Question 1: Yes | |
| Question Number 2: Do you take two sets of blood cultures each time as recommended in the guidance? Y/N | |
| Answer To Question 2: No | |
| Question Number 3: f no, what percentage of patients do have two sets of blood cultures taken? | |
| Answer To Question 3: 35% | |
| Question Number 4: Do you measure the volume of blood taken each time a blood culture is taken (the recommended amount is 20ml per sample)? Y/N | |
| Answer To Question 4: Analyser measures blood volume audited periodically | |
| Question Number 5: Do you measure the time between blood sample collection and the sample being loaded onto an analyser instrument (the recommended maximum time is four hours)? Y/N | |
| Answer To Question 5: Yes- audited periodically | |
| Question Number 6: If yes, what is the average time? | |
| Answer To Question 6: 7.65 | |
| Question Number 7: Do you collect data on blood sample contamination? Y/N | |
| Answer To Question 7: Yes- audit done periodically | |
| Question Number 8: Is the data described above reported at Board level as recommended? | |
| Answer To Question 8: Last formal report was for FY2018-19 | |
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Our staff at Salisbury District Hospital have long been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment they provide for our patients and for their innovation, commitment and professionalism. This has been recognised in a wide range of achievements and it is reflected in our award of ¾¨Ó㴫ý Foundation Trust status. This is afforded to hospitals that provide the highest standards of care.
