Obtaining blood cultures by venipuncture versus from central lines: Impact on blood culture contamination rates and potential effect on central line-associated bloodstream infection reporting

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1042-1047

  Boyce, John M ^a,b   Nadeau, Jacqueline ^a   Dumigan, Diane ^a   Miller, Debra ^a   Dubowsky, Cindy ^a   Reilly, Lenore ^a   Hannon, Carla V ^a  

^a YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; VEIN PUNCTURE;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; BLOOD; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PHLEBOTOMY;

EID: 84884175097     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/673142     Document Type: Article

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