Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: We compare two initial specimen diversion devices evaluated over 3 months to investigate their utility in lowering blood culture contamination rates at or below 1%. Overall contamination rates during trial periods were 2.46% and 2.60% but usage was low, whereas device-specific contamination rates were 0.68% and 0.8%, respectively.
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2024.169
Authors: Maria E. Navas, Salman Siddiq, Laurie Bauer, Jose A. Rivera, Anita J. White, Stella Ache, Mark Osborne, Nataliya Kachaluba, Brian Klonowski, Christine Robbins, Curtis Donskey
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Biochemistry
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4404662668