Variation in Proportion of Blood Cultures Obtained for Children With Skin and Soft Tissue Infections

OBJECTIVES: To identify variation in the proportion of blood cultures obtained for pediatric skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) among children’s hospitals. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study using the Pediatric Health Information System database, which we queried for emergency department (ED)–only and hospital encounters between 2012 and 2017 for children aged 2 months to 18 years with diagnosis codes for SSTI. The primary...