Application of PDCA cycle management method in reducing false positive rate of neonatal blood culture
Min Fan-yun
Zhou Chuan-luan
Abstract：Objective:To explore the application of PDCA cycle management method in reducing false positive rate of neonatal blood culture and investigate the clinical effect in order to provide objective basis for guiding clinical diagnosis and reasonable application of anti -biotics.Methods:The target tracking monitoring was conducted to 32 newborns(born from July to December 2010) whose blood culture was positive to understand and analyze the false positive causes ,and the PDCA cycle management method was implemented .The false positive rate of neonatal blood culture was compared before and after the implementation of the PDCA cycle management method .Results:The con-ditionally pathogenic bacteria in the false positive blood culture was the main pathogen in the distribution before the implementation of the method;the difference in the comparison of the false positive rate of blood culture was statistically significant before and after the imple -mentation of the method(P<0.01).Conclusion:The PDCA cycle management method applied to the target tracking monitoring can im-prove the quality of blood culture specimens and reduce the false positive rate so as to ensure accurate test results .
Keywords：NewbornPDCA cycle management methodBlood cultureTarget monitoring
Publication Date：2013-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：2( 7-8 )