Prospective Trial of a Passive Diversion Device to Reduce Blood Culture Contamination
The BDD was associated with significantly lower blood culture contamination rates at the institution's 2 EDs, with a stronger effect noted at the campus caring for higher acuity patients.
Authors
- Sami Arnaout (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9750-4393)
- Julia M Clifford
- Thomas C. Greenough (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4132-6977)
- Richard T. Ellison (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1335-9832)
- Azalea Wedig
- Shannon Stock
- Michael J Mitchell
Institutions
- College of the Holy Cross (US)
- UMass Memorial Health Care (US)
- University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School (US)
- UMass Memorial Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2024-12-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofae751
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.76