Results of Educations in a Pediatrics Hospital Aiming to Prevent Contamination of Blood Culture
INTRODUCTION: Blood culture (BC) is the gold standard test in diagnosis of bacteremia. Also, it is a frequently used test in pediatric patients. The objective of this study was to observe the changes in contamination rates after educations about obtaining BC. METHODS: Rates of contaminations and tr...
Main Authors: | İrfan Oğuz Şahin, Ayşegül Elbir Şahin, Deniz Ökdemir, Fatih Gürbüz, Hatice Şanlı Güneş |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Van Yuzuncu Yil University, School of Medicine
2018-01-01
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Series: | Van Tıp Dergisi |
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Online Access: | https://jag.journalagent.com/z4/download_fulltext.asp?pdir=vtd&un=VTD-18291 |
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