Risk factors and clinical outcomes associated with blood culture contamination.

Justin M KlucherKevin DavisMrinmayee Lakkad Jacob T Painter Ryan K Dare

Published in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2021)

These unique risk factors identify high-risk individuals for blood-culture contamination. After controlling for confounders, contamination significantly increased LOS, LOT, hospital charges, AKI, echocardiograms, and in-hospital mortality.

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