Reducing Blood Culture Contamination Rates by Educational Intervention and one-on-one Feedback in the Emergency Department

Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 154-156

  Lin, Chun Mei ^a   Lee, Wen Sen ^a   Lin, Fang Yu ^a   Yu, Fang Lan ^a   Ou, Tsong Yih ^a   Teng, Sing On ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blood culture; Contamination rates; Educational intervention; One on one feedback

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASEPSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE CONTAMINATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY WARD; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 84862003904     PISSN: 18783317     EISSN: 18783325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecm.2012.04.005     Document Type: Article

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