Impact of blood cultures drawn by phlebotomy on contamination rates and health care costs in a hospital emergency department

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1021-1024

  Gander, Rita M ^a,b   Byrd, Linda ^b   DeCrescenzo, Michael ^b   Hirany, Shaina ^b   Bowen, Michelle ^b   Baughman, Judy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PARKLAND HEALTH AND HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; PHLEBOTOMIST; PHLEBOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED STATES; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BLOOD; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 65249123059     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02162-08     Document Type: Article

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