Reduction of blood culture contamination rate by an educational intervention [1]

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 109-

  Vandijck, D M ^a,b   Blot, S I ^a,b   Decruyenaere, J M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33845339304     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01599_1.x     Document Type: Letter

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