Impact of a blood culture collection kit on the quality of blood culture sampling: Fear and the law of unintended consequences

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 256-259

  Thomas, S ^a   Cheesbrough, J ^a   Plumb, S ^a   Bolton, L ^a   Wilkinson, P ^a   Walmsley, J ^a   Diggle, P ^b  

^a ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood culture; Contamination; Quality control; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE COLLECTION KIT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; QUALITY CONTROL; STAFF TRAINING; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

BLOOD; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; QUALITY CONTROL; SEPSIS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 79960163776     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2011.04.012     Document Type: Article

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