Identification of the main contributors to blood culture contamination at a tertiary care academic medical center
Summary: Background: Blood culture contamination poses an issue to all hospital systems worldwide because of the associated costs of extended length of stays, unnecessary antibiotic therapy, and additional laboratory testing that are preventable with proper handling and collection techniques. Metho...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2022-09-01
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| Series: | Infection Prevention in Practice |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590088922000208 |