Phlebotomy teams reduce blood-culture contamination rate and save money.

Clinical performance and quality health care

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 60-62

  Surdulescu, S ^a   Utamsingh, D ^a   Shekar, R ^a  

^a St Luke's Hospital Cleveland   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHLEBOTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COST SAVINGS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; PHLEBOTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 0032039415     PISSN: 10630279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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