Significant Reduction of Blood Culture Contamination in the Emergency Department (ED) Using the Steripath® Blood Diversion Device

BACKGROUND: Contaminated blood cultures are a particular problem in EDs and often lead to unnecessary antibiotic treatment. A potential approach to reduce contamination is to discard the initial aliquot of blood which is often contaminated with skin plugs and bacteria. To test this approach, we perf...

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Udgivet i:Open Forum Infect Dis
Main Authors: Tongma, Chawat, Ward, Edward, Gonzaga-Reardon, Marites, Hagen, Pamela, Singh, Kamaljit
Format: Artigo
Sprog:Inglês
Udgivet: Oxford University Press 2017
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Online adgang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5631322/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.1565
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