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Education of medical personnel optimizes filling volume of blood culture bottles without negatively affecting microbiology testing

BACKGROUND: Anemia is a risk factor for adverse outcomes, which can be aggravated by unnecessary phlebotomies. In blood culture testing, up to 30 ml of blood can be withdrawn per sample, even though most manufacturers recommend blood volumes of 10 ml or less. After assessing the filling volume of bl...

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Autores principales: Steiner, Katrin, Baron-Stefaniak, Joanna, Hirschl, Alexander M., Barousch, Wolfgang, Willinger, Birgit, Baron, David M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7704116/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33256736
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05959-z