Blood culture contamination rate in an intensive care setting: Effectiveness of an education-based intervention

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 844-847

  Ramirez, Paula ^a,b   Gordón, Mónica ^a   Cortes, Concepción ^a   Villarreal, Esther ^a   Perez Belles, Carmen ^a   Robles, Cristobal ^a   De Hevia, Luis ^a   Marti, Jose Vicente ^a   Botella, Javier ^a   Bonastre, Juan ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coagulase negative staphylococci; Critical care; False positive blood cultures

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; NONHUMAN; NURSE; NURSING EDUCATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAPROTROPH; SKIN FLORA; VEIN PUNCTURE; BACTEREMIA; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BLOOD; INTENSIVE CARE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BACTEREMIA; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BLOOD; CRITICAL CARE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84938284772     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.04.183     Document Type: Article

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