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157. Reducing Blood Culture Contamination Rates Through the Use of a Red Top Tube Discard

BACKGROUND: Septicemia is a major cause of death in the United States and accounts for up to $16.7 billion in annual health care expenses. Blood culture is the gold standard for laboratory diagnosis of bacteremia and resultant septicemia; however, false-positive blood cultures hinder the accurate de...

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Autores principales: Ramlal, Bharat, Renouf, Rosemary, Aslanzadeh, Jaber
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6253009/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy209.027