I honestly wonder how much of this could be prevented by doing patient blood/tissue cultures to see what grows
The cynic in me says these things aren’t being done as often as they should be because they’re expensive and insurance companies like to fight to not pay for them
But sick people do. Cigarette companies have been killing their customers for years, and making a figurative killing while they’re at it.
Just because their customers are dying because of their actions doesn’t mean they can’t milk them for all they’re worth in the mean time.
Routine sepsis protocols have blood cultures included. The problem is blood cultures only pick up a few of the more common fungal infections. If these fungal infections are infact becoming more frequent then the protocol needs to change to include the use of specific fungal culture tube in addition to routine blood cultures. Unfortunately that is going to take time, training, and money to implement.
