The power of accurate blood cultures in diagnosis

Accurate blood culture results are essential for diagnosing life-threatening infections like sepsis, yet contamination continues to drive false positives, unnecessary treatments, increased costs and patient risk. As contamination rates trend toward a new national benchmark of ≤1%, healthcare organizations need reliable, standardized collection practices and proven solutions to protect sample integrity. Cardinal Health supports laboratories and clinicians with best-practice guidance, specimen diversion technology, tailored blood culture collection kits, high-quality phlebotomy supplies and automated culture systems—helping reduce false positives, improve patient outcomes and strengthen diagnostic accuracy across the continuum of care.

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