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Antimicrobial Stewardship Standards and Patient Safety: A Case Study in Blood Culture Contamination

Background: Blood culture is a crucial diagnostic tool for healthcare systems, but false-positive results drain clinical resources, imperil patients with an increased length of stay (and associated hospital-acquired infection risk), and undermine global health initiatives when broad-spectrum antibio...

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Autor principal: Schaefer, Connie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9551545/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ash.2021.66