Comparison of contamination rates of catheter-drawn and peripheral blood cultures

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 118-121

  McBryde, E S ^a,b   Tilse, M ^b   McCormack, J ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacteraemia; Blood culture; Catheter; Hospital acquired infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACILLUS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANDIDA; CATHETER; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PHLEBOTOMY; QUEENSLAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 17844401726     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2004.10.020     Document Type: Article

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