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Diagnostic Stewardship: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Blood Collection Diversion Devices Used to Reduce Blood Culture Contamination and Improve the Accuracy of Diagnosis in Clinical Settings

BACKGROUND: Blood culture contamination may lead to misdiagnosis, overutilization of antibiotics, and prolonged length of stay. Blood specimen diversion devices can reduce contamination rates during blood culture collection procedures. We performed a systematic literature review and meta-analysis ev...

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Autores principales: Callado, Gustavo Yano, Lin, Vivian, Thottacherry, Elizabeth, Marins, Tássia Aporta, Martino, Marinês Dalla Valle, Salinas, Jorge L, Marra, Alexandre R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10478151/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37674630
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad433