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240. Estimated Clinical and Economic Impact Through Use of an Initial Specimen Diversion Device to Reduce Blood Culture Contamination: A Cost–benefit Analysis
BACKGROUND: Blood culture contamination results in increased hospital costs and unnecessary patient-exposure to antimicrobials. We sought to evaluate the potential clinical and economic benefits of a novel blood culture diversion device when routinely utilized for blood culture collection in the eme...
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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/PMC6255494/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.251 |