Quality of blood culture testing - a survey in intensive care units and microbiological laboratories across four European countries

Critical Care

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Schmitz, Roland P H ^a   Keller, Peter M ^a   Baier, Michael ^a   Hagel, Stefan ^a   Pletz, Mathias W ^a   Brunkhorst, Frank M ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREATHING RATE; EUROPE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FRANCE; GERMANY; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ITALY; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; BLOOD; INTERVIEW; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

BLOOD; FRANCE; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ITALY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEPSIS;

EID: 84886133035     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc13074     Document Type: Article

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