Effectiveness of practices to reduce blood culture contamination: a Laboratory Medicine Best Practices systematic review and meta-analysis.

Snyder, Susan R.; Favoretto, Alessandra M; Baetz, Rich Ann; Derzon, James H; Madison, Bereneice M; Mass, Diana; Shaw, Colleen S; Layfield, Christopher D; Christenson, Robert H.; Liebow, Edward B

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Effectiveness of practices to reduce blood culture contamination: a Laboratory Medicine Best Practices systematic review and meta-analysis.

Author(s): Susan Snyder, Alessandra Favoretto, Rich Baetz, James H Derzon, Bereneice M Madison, Diana Mass, Colleen Shaw, Christopher Layfield, Robert H. Christenson, Edward Liebow

Publication date: 2012-09-01

Journal: Clinical biochemistry

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This article is a systematic review of the effectiveness of three practices for reducing blood culture contamination rates: venipuncture, phlebotomy teams, and prepackaged preparation/collection (prep) kits.

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DOI:: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2012.06.007

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