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1148. Reduction of Blood Culture Contamination Rates by an Altered Sampling Protocol: Single-Center, Prospective, Randomized, Controlled, Open-Label Trial
BACKGROUND: Contaminated blood cultures remain a challenge for patients, physicians, and microbiology laboratories, often leading to unnecessary antibiotic treatment. One approach to reduce contamination is to avoid culturing the initial blood sample that can contain a contaminated plug of skin from...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6253253/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.981 |