What happens when automated blood culture instrument detect growth but there are no technologists in the microbiology laboratory?

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 173-174

  Savinelli, Thomas ^a   Parenteau, Stephen ^a   Mermel, Leonard A ^a,b  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Blood culture; Microbiology laboratory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; LABORATORY; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NIGHT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUTOMATION; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1542719303     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2003.10.001     Document Type: Article

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