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

BACKGROUND: 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. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: A prosp...

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Autores principales: Chang, Chih-Jan, Wu, Chi-Jung, Hsu, Hsiang-Chin, Wu, Chiu-Hui, Shih, Fang-Ying, Wang, Shou-Wen, Wu, Yi-Hui, Chang, Chia-Ming, Tu, Yi-Fang, Chi, Chih-Hsien, Shih, Hsin-I
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4598129/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26448628
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0137653

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4598129/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26448628
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0137653

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