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Clean the skin: Reducing blood culture contamination in the emergency department

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether blood culture contamination (BCC) rates could be decreased in the ED by an educational programme. METHODS: Educational intervention focusing on a 1‐min venepuncture cleaning time and providing a larger chlorhexidine alcohol swab. BCC rates were examined retrospectivel...

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Autores principales: McNab, Lincoln, Varndell, Wayne, Vecellio, Elia, Chiew, Angela L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9828130/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36176210
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.14092