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Comparison of Blood-Culture Contamination Rates in a Pediatric Emergency Room: Newly Inserted Intravenous Catheters Versus Venipuncture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Chris Ramsook ,
Kim Childers ,
Stanley G. Cron  and
Milton Nirken
Chris Ramsook*
Affiliation:
Section of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Kim Childers
Affiliation:
Section of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Stanley G. Cron
Affiliation:
Section of Academic General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Milton Nirken
Affiliation:
Section of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
*
113 Savannah Dr, Trinicity, Trinidad, West Indies
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Abstract

We compared contamination rates of blood cultures obtained either from newly inserted intravenous catheters or via venipuncture. Of 2,431 blood cultures, the overall contamination rate was 2.7% (intravenous catheter, 3.4%; venipuncture, 2.0%; P=.043). The site of lowest contamination was the antecubital fossa, making this the optimal choice for blood-culture sampling.

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Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 21 , Issue 10 , October 2000 , pp. 649 - 651
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2000

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