Education of phlebotomy teams improves blood volume in blood culture bottles

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1020-1021

  Van Ingen, Jakko ^a   Hilt, Nataliya ^a   Bosboom, Ron ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD VOLUME; HUMAN; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; PHLEBOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STAFF TRAINING;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; PHLEBOTOMY; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84874093314     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.03068-12     Document Type: Article

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