Kurin Studies

Based on their published findings, Arenas and colleagues recommend that initial specimen diversion devices be adopted as part of a bundle of interventions for sustained reduction of blood culture contaminations in emergency clinical practice. Journal of Emergency Nursing 2021 Jan 8:S0099-1767(20)30383-4.

Dr. David M. O’Sullivan and registered nurse Lee Steere describe the reduction in false-positive blood cultures at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, CT with Kurin® passive diversion technology. Connecticut Medicine. February 2019: Vol 83(2): pages 53-56.

Christina Ostwald and Kelly Whitsell reported finding from John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital, Buffalo, New York, related to the use of a novel passive blood diversion device (PBDD) in addition to staff education In a Pediatric Emergency Department with the goal of decreasing blood culture contamination rates. Poster Presentation APIC 2021

Denise Rhew and Wendy Childress report the results of a study completed within the emergency department of Cone Health in Greensboro, NC, which showed that when Kurin was used, contamination rates fell from 3.1% to 1.3% to 0% during a five-week controlled trial. Nur Primary Care. 2021; 5(3): 1-6.

Jeannie Burnie and Samantha Vining of TriHealth published blood culture contamination reduction data from two hospital locations. Clinical Nurse Specialist: Nov/Dec 2021.

Jane Hodson, James Stebbing, Catherine Graham and Siobhan O’ Donnell have published the first Kurin data from outside the US. The study was presented at the Infection Prevention Society Conference in Liverpool, England, September 2021.

Doctor Sami Arnaout, affiliated with UMass Memorial Health Care in Worcester, MA, presented data from their trial of Kurin blood culture collection sets at the 2021 ID Week, September 29 - October 3, 2021

Monica Baxter, Carolyn Cook and Angie James from St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center, Russellville, Arkansas. Decennial International Conference on Healthcare-Associated Infections 2020.

Jared Sutton, MPH, CIC, led a multidisciplinary team at Bayfront Health in St. Petersburg, FL to quantify the clinical and financial impact of Kurin® specimen diversion. APIC. June 13-15, 2018 Minneapolis, MN

Michael Allain, MS, RN, ACNS-BC, CCRN, describes the impact of Kurin® specimen diversion in the Emergency Department at Crouse Hospital, Syracuse, NY. Clinical Nurse Specialist. May/June 2018