Real life turnaround time of blood cultures in the clinical microbiology laboratory: results of the first Italian survey, May 2015

<em>Background and aims</em>: Blood culture (BC) results are essential to guide antimicrobial chemotherapy for patients with sepsis. However, BC is a time-consuming exam, which can take several days. Reducing BCs turn around time (TAT) could impact on multiple outcome parameters and TAT...

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Main Authors:	Fabio Arena, Marta Argentieri, Paola Bernaschi, Giacomo Fortina, Vesselina Kroumova, Esther Manso, Pier Giorgio Montanera, Pierluigi Nicoletti, Patrizia Pecile, Mario Rassu, Gian Maria Rossolini, Teresa Spanu, Pierangelo Clerici, Carla Fontana
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	PAGEPress Publications 2016-10-01
Series:	Microbiologia Medica
Subjects:	Turnaround time Sepsis Rapid molecular test Laboratory workflow
Online Access:	http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/mm/article/view/6127

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Real life turnaround time of blood cultures in the clinical microbiology laboratory: results of the first Italian survey, May 2015

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