Monitoring of blood culture submission of 72 hospitals in 2011 Shanghai

OBJECTIVE To investigate the submission rate of the blood culture of 72 hospitals in 2011.METHODS The data of the blood culture submission were investigated for the hospitalized patients with fever(≥38.5 ℃) from 72 hospitals under the surveillance net by Shanghai Center for Nosocomial Infection Control for 3 days once and once a quarter.RESULTS The patients enrolled from 72 hospitals in the first,second,third and fourth quarter were 54968,51089,54089 and 49421.The number of patients with fever(≥38.5 ℃) were 1602,1347,1571,and 1443,respectively,among them,the proportions of blood culture submission were 604(37.70%),572(42.78%),937(59.64%) and 640(44.35%),respectively,the submission rate was increasing;the number of patients with fever(≥39.5 ℃) was 1196 with the submission rate of 59.20%;the number of patients with CVC(≥5 days) was 937 with the submission rate of 52.50%;the submission rate of the patients who used special antibiotics was 47.25%.CONCLUSION The submission rate of the blood culture of the 72 hospitals in Shanghai needs to be further improved,it is necessary to take the steps to raise the submission rate of the blood culture.