Estimated Clinical and Economic Impact through Use of a Novel Blood Collection Device To Reduce Blood Culture Contamination in the Emergency Department: a Cost-Benefit Analysis

Blood culture contamination results in increased hospital costs and exposure to antimicrobials. We evaluated the potential clinical and economic benefits of an initial specimen diversion device (ISDD) when routinely utilized for blood culture collection in the emergency department (ED) of a quaterna...

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Autores principales: Skoglund, Erik, Dempsey, Casey J., Chen, Hua, Garey, Kevin W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2019
Materias:
Epidemiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6322461/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30355758
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01015-18

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6322461/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30355758
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01015-18

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