Reducing Blood Culture Contamination Rates in the Emergency Department

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages e1-

  Harding, Andrew D ^a   Bollinger, Susan ^b  

^a Southcoast Hospitals Group   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Best practice; Blood culture; Laboratory; Quality; Safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871996022     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: 15272966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2012.10.009     Document Type: Article

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