Health Condition 1: A499- Bacterial infection, unspecified
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: BCID2 Panel: BCID2 panel will be run on all blood samples flagging positive for a bacteria and yeast. BCID2 panel facilitates the identification of organism and its resistance mechanism
Sponsors
BioFire Biomerieux
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Any patient admitted in the hospital adult ICU (COVID and non-COVID) in the defined study period, whose blood culture flags positive for bacteria/ yeast will be included in the study. Only the first positive blood culture for each patient will be included in the study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: a. Expiry of the patient before blood culture flags positive b. Patient transferred from another setup with a previous positive blood culture of the same organism. c. Positive blood culture in the previous week d. Patients under 18 years old
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Time from positive gram stain to appropriate antibiotic therapyTimepoint: Baseline | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Duration of Broad-spectrum antimicrobial use Timepoint: NA;Gram stain result to first active antibiotic Timepoint: NA;ICU length of stay following blood culture flagging positive.Timepoint: NA;In-hospital mortality Timepoint: NA;Microbiological clearance where requested Timepoint: Day 5 after blood culture flags positive;Patient specific antibiotic costs Timepoint: NA;Patients with positive blood cultures for pathogens not included in the panel Timepoint: NA;Proportion of contaminants not treated a. on therapy at gram stain and proportion discontinued in time window OR time to discontinuation b. not on therapy at gram stain and proportion not started Timepoint: NA;Time from positive gram stain to micro-organism identification Timepoint: NA | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactUmang Agrawal
PD Hinduja Hospital and MRC
Outcome results
None listed