Medical Laboratory Observer | June 2025

Blood culture contamination remains a persistent challenge in healthcare, impacting patient care and outcomes, and driving up costs. As awareness grows, blood culture kitting has emerged as a practical solution to improve sample collection by standardizing supplies, simplifying decision-making, and reducing waste.

In this article, expert Angela Newman highlights the clinical importance of using pre-packaged kits, showing how they help lower contamination rates and, when combined with ongoing education, contribute to improved workflow safety and diagnostic accuracy that can lead to better patient care.

Angela Newman, MBA-HM, BSN, RN, CCRN, VA-BC, Senior Director of Clinical Services-Acute Care, Medline