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A Sterile Collection Bundle Intervention Reduces the Recovery of Bacteria from Neonatal Blood Culture

BACKGROUND: In neonatal intensive care, coagulase-negative Staphylococcus species can be both blood culture contaminants and pathogens. False-positive cultures can result in clinical uncertainty and unnecessary antibiotic use. OBJECTIVE: This study sought to assess whether a sterile blood culture co...

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Autores principales: Hamilton, Linze F., Gillett, Helen E., Smith-Collins, Adam, Davis, Jonathan W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6945922/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31988955
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000486703