Abstract: Objective　To find a reasonable indicator to evaluate the value of reducing the time to report the positive blood culture results, and understand the clinical value of timely reporting of positive blood culture results by short message service. Methods　With the statistics method χ2 test, the disparities in age, bloodstream infection pathogens, blood culture positive rate and 30 d mortality of 2 groups before and after the reporting positive blood culture results by short message service were compared. Results　The disparities in age, bloodstream infection pathogens and blood culture positive rate of the 2 groups were not statistically significant, but the disparity in 30 d mortality of the 2 groups was statistically significant (P<0.05). Conclusions　Short message service timely reporting of positive blood culture results are valuable for clinic.

Key words: Short message service, Blood culture, Bloodstream infection