Effect of a blood culture collection bundle on decreasing the contamination rate.

In this study, we examined the effect of a bundled approach to blood collection for blood culture on decreasing contamination. Commensal organisms were considered contaminants on the basis of the clinical course if they were recovered from only a single blood draw (set) and if a positive result for...

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Main Authors: Miki Doi, Yoshio Takesue, Miyuki Makino, Yousuke Kihara, Akiko Tanikawa, Yasushi Murakami, Hitoshi Ogashiwa, Yukiko Nakano, Soichiro Nakama, Takashi Ueda, Kazuhiko Nakajima, Yasuhiro Nozaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0314649
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