Every Crisis is an Opportunity Advancing Blood Culture Stewardship During a Blood Culture Bottle Shortage

The authors share strategies for implementing blood culture stewardship using a graded approach based on supply. They include a table of step-wise mitigation strategies noting advantages, disadvantages, and estimated impact on blood culture utilization; summarize response approaches and tips for implementing stewardship interventions; and identify low-yield blood cultures to be minimized during a blood culture bottle shortage.