Table 2 Summary of blood culture utilization and results
From: Independent influence of negative blood cultures and bloodstream infections on in-hospital mortality
| Â | Â | Number of blood culture sets | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 1 | 2 | 3+ | Total | ||
NUMBER OF POSITIVE CULTURES | 0 | 243 373 | 34 854 | 8023 | 5546 | 291 796 (98.2%) |
1 | - | 2389 | 1101 | 1231 | 4721 (1.6%) | |
2 | - | - | 107 | 317 | 424 (0.1%) | |
3+ | - | - | - | 129 | 129 (0.04%) | |
TOTAL | 243 373 | 37 243 | 9231 | 7223 | 297 070 | |
(81.9%) | (12.5%) | (3.1%) | (2.4%) | |||