Practical steps to lower blood culture contamination rates in the emergency department

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 459-464

  Denno, Jennifer ^a   Gannon, Mary ^a  

^a Sutter Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; CHLORHEXIDINE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTISEPSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD; SURGICAL GLOVE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

2-PROPANOL; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ANTISEPSIS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CHLORHEXIDINE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HUMANS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84883306463     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: 15272966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2012.03.006     Document Type: Article

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