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2015. Minimal Impact of Blood Culture Contaminants on Patient Care Decisions May Limit Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions to Reduce Contamination Rates

BACKGROUND: High blood culture (BC) contamination rates have been associated with increased healthcare cost, antimicrobial use, and extended length of stay. Interventions using blood culture diversion devices (BCDD) reduce contamination rates, but often increase equipment costs compared with traditi...

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Autores principales: Augusto. Terrero Salcedo, David, Powers-Fletcher, Margaret, Smulian, Alan G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6808649/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.1695