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1997. Impact of Blood Culture Fill Volumes
BACKGROUND: Historically, increases in blood culture (BC) fill volumes (FVs) have been shown to increase yield of BCs and lower contamination rates. Low FV are a common cause of false negative BCs. 10 mL is considered an ideal FV for a BC. In 2015 and 2016, at North Shore University Hospital, FVs av...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , |
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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/PMC6254062/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.1653 |