Telephoning of interim blood culture results: a regional survey
Aims:Most staphylococci grown from blood cultures are contaminants. Since they are microscopically indistinguishable from non-contaminants, considerable time and resources may be spent following up all patients with positive blood cultures before the identification is made the following day. Since t...
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Published in | Journal of clinical pathology Vol. 61; no. 10; pp. 1142 - 1143 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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London
BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
01.10.2008
BMJ BMJ Publishing Group LTD |
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