Appropriate Use of Blood Cultures in the Emergency Department Through Machine Learning

Condition(s) studied

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

Blood culture prediction tool: Machine learning based predicition tool

Study summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to study whether the use of our blood culture prediction tool is non-inferior to current practice and if it can improve certain outcomes in all adult patients presenting to the emergency department with a clinical indication for a blood culture analysis (according to the treating physician). The primary endpoint is 30-day mortality. Key secondary outcomes are:

* hospital admission rates
* in-hospital mortality
* hospital length-of-stay. In the intervention group, the physician will follow the advice of our blood culture prediction tool.

In the comparison group all patients will undergo a blood culture analysis.

Eligibility

Primary outcome measure(s)

• 30-day mortality — 30 days

Trial sites (1)

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