Effect of Wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for COVID-19 Treatment on Blood Culture Contamination: Implication for Optimal PPE Strategies

The personal protective equipment (PPE) used to minimize exposure to hazards can hinder healthcare workers from performing sophisticated procedures. We retrospectively reviewed 77,535 blood cultures (202,012 pairs) performed in 28,502 patients from January 2020 to April 2022. The contamination rate...

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Autores principales: Park, Jae Hyeon, Kim, Taek Soo, Lee, Chan Mi, Kang, Chang Kyung, Park, Wan Beom, Kim, Nam Joong, Choe, Pyoeng Gyun, Oh, Myoung-don
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2023
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10261706/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37309699
http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2023.38.e180

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10261706/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37309699
http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2023.38.e180

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