1139. Reducing Collection of Tracheal Aspirate Bacterial Cultures: A Diagnostic Test Stewardship Intervention

BACKGROUND: Tracheal aspirate (TA) bacterial cultures are often collected in mechanically ventilated children to evaluate for ventilator-associated infections (VAI), including tracheitis and pneumonia. However, frequent bacterial colonization of tracheal tubes results in poor specificity of positive...

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Autores principales: Chiotos, Kathleen, Lee, Giyoung, Sydney, Guy, Wolfe, Heather, Blumenthal, Jennifer, Stinson, Hannah, McGowan, Nancy, Harab, Julie, Traynor, Danielle, Dudhia, Aaditya, Piccione, Joseph, Burke, Jennalyn, Doll, Ashley, Keim, Garrett, Woods-Hill, Charlotte, Jennings, Megan, Harris, Rebecca, Gerber, Jeffrey
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8644428/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofab466.1332

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