118. Eliminating Blood Culture Contamination with an Initial-specimen Diversion Device

BACKGROUND: Blood samples obtained via traditional venipuncture can become contaminated by superficial and deeply embedded skin flora. We evaluated the hospital-wide use of an initial-specimen diversion device (ISDD) designed to shunt these microorganisms away from the culture bottle to reduce blood...

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Autores principales: Tompkins, Lucy S, Madison, Alexandra, Schaffner, Tammy, Tran, Jenny, Ang, Pablito
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7776884/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.428

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7776884/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.428

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