Reduction in Blood Culture Contamination Through Use of Initial Specimen Diversion Device

BACKGROUND. Blood culture contamination is a clinically significant problem that results in patient harm and excess cost. METHODS. In a prospective, controlled trial at an academic center Emergency Department, a device that diverts and sequesters the initial 1.5–2 mL portion of blood (which presumab...

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Autores principales: Rupp, Mark E., Cavalieri, R. Jennifer, Marolf, Cole, Lyden, Elizabeth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5849098/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28379370
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix304

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5849098/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28379370
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix304

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