Blood cultures: Towards zero false positives

Journal of Infection Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Thompson, Frankie ^a   Madeo, Maurice ^b  

^a CASTLE HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood culture; Contamination; False positive

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349288000     PISSN: 17571774     EISSN: 17571782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757177409342143     Document Type: Article

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