Effectiveness of introducing blood culture collection packs to reduce contamination rates

British Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 6-9

  Bamber, Andrew I ^a   Cunniffe, J G ^a   Nayar, D ^a   Ganguly, R ^a   Falconer, E ^a  

^a CLATTERBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial contamination; Blood culture; Collection pack

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTAMINATION; CULTURE VESSEL; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAFF TRAINING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 65249126708     PISSN: 09674845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09674845.2009.11730236     Document Type: Article

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