Effect of the initial specimen diversion technique on blood culture contamination rates

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 980-981

  Binkhamis, Khalifa ^a,b   Forward, Kevin ^a,b  

^a Capital District Health Authority   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; INFECTION RATE; INITIAL SPECIMEN DIVERSION TECHNIQUE; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BLOOD; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84894585618     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02773-13     Document Type: Article

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