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Reducing blood culture contamination rates: a systematic approach to improving quality of care

Kathie Hopkins1, Sheila Huynh, Catherine McNary

  • 1Department of Nursing, Poudre Valley Hospital, University of Colorado Health North, Fort Collins, CO.

American Journal of Infection Control
|June 11, 2013
PubMed

Keywords:
Blood cultureContaminationPerformance improvement

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