Blood Culture Collection in Patients with Hematologic Malignancy

Once monthly 1 CME credit hour events directed toward advanced practice providers as well as pharmacists and registered nurses who care for all patients treated at Duke Cancer Institute.

Target Audience

Nurses

Nurse Practitioners

Physicians

Physician Assistants

Pharmacists

Learning Objectives

  • Understanding general approaches to optimizing blood culture yield: correct collection technique, ordering in the appropriate clinical scenario
  • Becoming familiar with the harms of sending blood cultures too liberally: limited resources, unnecessary antibiotic therapy, unnecessary procedures, prolonged patient stays, increased healthcare cost
  • Understanding that the yield of blood cultures differ by clinical scenario – in some situations blood cultures are unlikely to be helpful and should not be sent, while in others, they are likely to help and should be sent
  • Understanding how this concept of “high yield” and “low yield” clinical scenarios has been applied to blood culture algorithms
  • Reviewing how blood culture algorithms may be useful in the hematologic malignancy population.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ACPE - Pharmacist
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
  • 1.00 ANCC
  • 1.00 Attendance
  • 1.00 JA Credit - AH
    • 1.00 Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
Registration Opens: 
03/26/2025
Registration Expires: 
03/26/2027
Part of: 
DCI-Advanced Practice Provider Lecture Series 2025 Enduring
Rating: 
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ACPE - Pharmacist

AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)

ANCC

Attendance

JA Credit - AH

Available Credit

  • 1.00 ACPE - Pharmacist
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
  • 1.00 ANCC
  • 1.00 Attendance
  • 1.00 JA Credit - AH
    • 1.00 Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
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