The impact of overcrowding on the bacterial contamination of blood cultures in the ED

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 839-845

  Lee, Ching Chi ^a   Lee, Nan Yao ^a   Chuang, Ming Che ^a   Chen, Po Lin ^a   Chang, Chia Ming ^a   Ko, Wen Chien ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADULT; AGED; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROWDING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84863194235     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2011.05.026     Document Type: Article

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