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Effect of the initial specimen diversion technique on blood culture contamination rates
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Effect of the initial specimen diversion technique on blood culture contamination rates

Khalifa Binkhamis and Kevin Forward
Journal of clinical microbiology, Vol.52(3), pp.980-981
01/03/2014
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02773-13
PMCID: PMC3957758
PMID: 24391199

Abstract

Blood - microbiology False Positive Reactions Humans Microbiological Techniques - methods Retrospective Studies Sepsis - diagnosis Specimen Handling - methods
The initial specimen diversion technique (ISDT) was first described by Patton and Schmitt (J. Clin. Microbiol. 48:4501-4503, 2010, doi:10.1128/JCM.00910-10). This study looked at the effect of implementation of the ISDT on blood culture contamination rates at our center. We found a reduction of 30.34% in potential blood culture contaminants.

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