Effects of COVID-19 on Blood Culture Contamination at a Tertiary Care Academic Medical Center

ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic has changed health care, from increased needs of personal protective equipment (PPE) to overloaded staff and influxes of patients. Blood cultures are frequently used to detect bloodstream infections in critically ill patients, but it is unknown whether the COVID-19 pan...

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Autori principali: Brianna Sacchetti, Justin Travis, Lisa L. Steed, Ginny Webb
Natura: Articolo
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: American Society for Microbiology 2022-04-01
Serie:Microbiology Spectrum
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Accesso online:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00277-22