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J. Clinical Practice Issues (e.g., billing, medical records & informatics, healthcare reform, home health/OPAT)

Poster Session: Clinical Practice Issues

(P-1898) Reduction of Blood Culture Contamination Rates and Associated Healthcare Costs Through Implementation of Certified Phlebotomist-Drawn Blood Cultures at a Community Teaching Hospital

Saturday, October 19, 2024

12:15 PM – 1:30 PM US PT

Location: Halls JK

Presenting Author(s)

Shikha Mishra, MD (she/her/hers)

Fellow
Kern Medical-UCLA
Bakersfield, California, United States

Co-Author(s)

MV

Michael Valdez, MD

Kern Medical
Bakersfield, California, United States
DM

Danna Mejia, CLS, MLS(ASCP)

Kern Medical
Bakersfield, California, United States
AV

Adonica Vickers, MHS, CLS MT, ASCP

Kern Medical
Bakersfield, California, United States
RJ

Royce H. Johnson, MD

Kern Medical Center
Bakersfield, California, United States
CD

Carlos M. D'Assumpcao, MD (he/him/his)

Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Division of Infectious Diseases
Kern Medical, Bakersfield, CA
Bakersfield, California, United States
RK

Rasha Kuran, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Sciences at David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
Kern Medical Center
Bakersfield, California, United States
MF

Michelle Fang, PharmD

Clinical Pharmacist, Infectious Diseases
Kern Medical
Bakersfield, California, United States