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Diversion Principle Reduces Skin Flora Contamination Rates in a Community Hospital.
Arch Pathol Lab Med
February 2020
From the Department of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota (Dr Syed); the Department of Medicine (General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics), Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois (Dr Liss); and the Sections of Infectious Disease (Dr Costas) and Laboratory Department (Dr Atkinson), Amita Health Saint Francis Hospital Evanston, and Medical Affairs, Alverno Laboratories for Legacy Presence Hospitals (Dr Atkinson), Evanston, Illinois.
Context.—: Blood culture contamination is a common problem faced by medical centers and leads to significant cost. A possible method to reduce contamination is to discard the initial aliquot of blood, which contains skin and bacteria.
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