83 - Contaminated Blood Cultures: Impactful or Inconvenient?

Monday, October 20, 2025

3:15 PM - 4:30 PM US ET

Location: B302-B304

CME Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of MOC Credit
CNE Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of ANCC Credit
ACPE Credits: ACPE 1.25 knowledge-based contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: JA0007082-9999-24-002-L01-P
PACE Credits: Maximum of 1 of PACE contact hours
CE Broker: Maximum of 1 CE broker credit hours

Moderator(s)

Aaron Milstone, MD, MHS (he/him/his)

Professor
Pediatrics
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD, United States
Francesca Lee, MD

Associate Professor
Department of Pathology and Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine
University of Texas Southwestern
Dallas, TX, United States

Faculty(s)

Erica Prochaska, MD, MHS (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor
Johns Hopkins University
Columbia, MD, United States
Michiel Schinkel, MD, PhD, Msc (he/him/his)

Post-doctoral research
Amsterdam University Medical Center
Mark Rupp, MD (he/him/his)

Professor and Interim Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
Internal Medicine
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE, United States

Disclosure(s):

Aaron Milstone, MD, MHS: No financial relationships to disclose.

Francesca Lee, MD: No financial relationships to disclose.

Erica Prochaska, MD, MHS: No financial relationships to disclose.

Michiel Schinkel, MD, PhD, Msc: No financial relationships to disclose.

Mark E. Rupp, MD: Magnolia: Grant/Research Support

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

discuss the epidemiology and outcomes of blood culture contaminant;
integrate evidence-based methods to prevent blood culture contamination;
identify special populations and considerations for management and prevention of blood culture contamination.

Presentations:

3:15 PM - 3:40 PM US ET

Are Blood Culture Contaminants Common and Do They Matter?
Speaker: Michiel Schinkel, MD, PhD, Msc (he/him/his) – Amsterdam University Medical Center
3:40 PM - 4:05 PM US ET

Prevention of Blood Culture Contamination: Technique Versus Technology
Speaker: Mark E. Rupp, MD (he/him/his) – University of Nebraska Medical Center
4:05 PM - 4:30 PM US ET

But What If It’s Real? Considerations for High-Risk Populations
Speaker: Erica Prochaska, MD, MHS (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University