Factors Associated with Blood Culture Contamination in the Emergency Department: Critical Illness, End-Stage Renal Disease, and Old Age.

Factors Associated with Blood Culture Contamination in the Emergency Department: Critical Illness, End-Stage Renal Disease, and Old Age.

<h4>Background</h4>Blood culture contamination in emergency departments (ED) that experience a high volume of patients has negative impacts on optimal patient care. It is therefore important to identify risk factors associated with blood culture contamination in EDs.<h4>Methodology...

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Main Authors: Chih-Jan Chang, Chi-Jung Wu, Hsiang-Chin Hsu, Chiu-Hui Wu, Fang-Ying Shih, Shou-Wen Wang, Yi-Hui Wu, Chia-Ming Chang, Yi-Fang Tu, Chih-Hsien Chi, Hsin-I Shih
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0137653&type=printable

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