BMANA Journal of BMANA Journal of BMANA Journal of BMANA 2231-2196 0975-5241 112 Medical Association Evaluating the Impact of Phlebotomy Training and Staffing Adjustments on Blood Culture Contamination in an Academic Medical Center 30 06 2026 4 1 1 8 This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009 2009 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.

Background: Blood culture contamination remains a persistent quality and patient safety challenge, particularly in emergency departments (EDs), where operational pressures may compromise sterile techniques. Accepted contamination benchmarks are