Inadequate blood volume collected for culture: A survey of health care professionals

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1069-1072

  Donnino, Michael W ^a   Goyal, Nikhil ^b   Terlecki, Theresa M ^b   Donnino, Kathryn F ^b   Miller, Joseph B ^b   Otero, Ronny M ^b   Howell, Michael D ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD VOLUME; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 34548434642     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/82.9.1069     Document Type: Article

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