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Significant Reduction of Blood Culture Contamination in the Emergency Department (ED) Using the Steripath® Blood Diversion Device
BACKGROUND: Contaminated blood cultures are a particular problem in EDs and often lead to unnecessary antibiotic treatment. A potential approach to reduce contamination is to discard the initial aliquot of blood which is often contaminated with skin plugs and bacteria. To test this approach, we perf...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5631322/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.1565 |