The effectiveness of interventions to reduce peripheral blood culture contamination in acute care: a systematic review protocol

Abstract Background Blood cultures are an integral part of the diagnosis of bacteremia in unwell patients. The treatment of bacteremia involves the rapid and accurate identification of the causative agent grown from the blood cultures collected. Contamination of blood cultures with non-pathogenic mi...

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Main Authors: J. A. Hughes, C. J. Cabilan, Julian Williams, Mercedes Ray, Fiona Coyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:Systematic Reviews
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13643-018-0877-4