Effect of routine sterile gloving on contamination rates in blood culture

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 145-151

  Kim, Nak Hyun ^a   Kim, Moonsuk ^a   Lee, Shinwon ^b   Yun, Na Ra ^c   Kim, Kye Hyung ^d   Park, Sang Won ^a   Kim, Hong Bin ^a   Kim, Nam Joong ^a   Kim, Eui Chong ^a   Park, Wan Beom ^a   Oh, Myoung Don ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Fatima Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Chosun University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; GLOVE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDENT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VEIN PUNCTURE;

EID: 79551544266     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-154-3-201102010-00003     Document Type: Article

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