A Quality Improvement Initiative to Reduce Blood Culture Contamination in the Neonatal Unit

Peripheral blood culture contamination (BCC) can lead to an initiation of unnecessary antimicrobial treatment, further laboratory tests, increased length of stay, and increased costs. This study describes a 12-month quality improvement (QI) program to reduce the BCC rate in a neonatal unit by 50%. M...

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Autores principales: Allen, Elizabeth, Cavallaro, Angela, Keir, Amy K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2021
Materias:
Individual QI projects from single institutions
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8143735/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34046542
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/pq9.0000000000000413

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8143735/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34046542
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/pq9.0000000000000413

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