Identification of blood culture positivity outside of local laboratory business hours (e.g. whenever laboratories are staffed to perform both rapid testing and routine testing)

Positive blood culture in the prior week with same Gram stain result

Transferred from an outside hospital and had a history of a previously positive blood culture of the same Gram stain result

Previously enrolled in the study

Only the first positive culture for each patient will be included during the study period; any subsequent episode of bloodstream infection (BSI) will be excluded

Died or were transitioned to comfort care within 24 hours of enrollment

Negative Gram-stain

Not admitted to hospital for ≥ 24 hours following blood culture positivity

Genotypic Versus Phenotypic Susceptibility Testing of Positive Blood Cultures

What this study is about