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Reducing blood culture contamination in the emergency room
Purpose/Objectives: When blood culture contamination in emergency departments is above 3%, it is associated with adverse patient outcomes, inappropriate antibiotic use, and increased hospital costs. In a large, Midwestern, level I trauma hospital, there is a blood culture contamination (BCC) rate …