Nurses’ Knowledge of Blood Culture Sampling Procedure

Background: False-positive blood culture results due to contaminated samples have shown to increase patients’ health costs, including the use of broad spectrum antibiotics and prolonged hospital length of stay. While previous research have suggested that increasing staff knowledge on proper specimen...

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Main Authors: Wulan Ardhana Iswari, Chrysanti Murad, Ida Parwati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitas Padjadjaran 2015-06-01
Series:Althea Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://journal.fk.unpad.ac.id/index.php/amj/article/view/556