Blood culture collection through peripheral intravenous catheters increases the risk of specimen contamination among adult emergency department patients

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 524-526

  Self, Wesley H ^a   Speroff, Theodore ^a,b   McNaughton, Candace D ^a,b   Wright, Patty W ^a   Miller, Geraldine ^a   Johnson, James G ^a   Daniels, Titus L ^a   Talbot, Thomas R ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VEIN PUNCTURE;

ADULT; BACTERIA; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859361753     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/665319     Document Type: Article

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