Chlorhexidine versus tincture of iodine for reduction of blood culture contamination rates: A prospective randomized crossover study

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 3007-3009

  Story Roller, Elizabeth ^a   Weinstein, Melvin P ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; IODINE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTISEPSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE CONTAMINATION RATE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN ANTISEPSIS; VEIN PUNCTURE; BACTERIUM; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHLEBOTOMY; PROCEDURES; SKIN;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ANTISEPSIS; BACTERIA; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CHLORHEXIDINE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DISINFECTANTS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; IODINE; PHLEBOTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN;

EID: 84997610694     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01457-16     Document Type: Article

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