Reduction in the contamination rate of blood cultures collected by medical staff in the accident and emergency department

Clinical Effectiveness in Nursing

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 30-32

  Madeo, Maurice ^a   Davies, Debbie ^a   Owen, Liz ^a   Wadsworth, Pat ^a   Johnson, Greta ^a   Martin, Colin R ^b  

^a HULL AND EAST YORKSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL STAFF; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; STANDARD;

EID: 0038780490     PISSN: 13619004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1361-9004(03)00041-4     Document Type: Article

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