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ArticleSouthern African journal of infectious diseases2020

Blood culture contamination rates at different level healthcare institutions in the Western Cape, South Africa.

Christoffel J Opperman, Banyana Baloyi, Sipho Dlamini, Nazlee Samodien

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Article in Southern African journal of infectious diseases, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Christoffel J OppermanDivision of Medical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, National Health Laboratory Service, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-5431
Banyana BaloyiFaculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2225-9366
Sipho DlaminiDivision of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5185-7624
Nazlee SamodienDivision of Medical Microbiology, National Health Laboratory Service, University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7078-0303
National Health Laboratory Service · ZAUniversity of Cape Town · ZA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sterile blood culture (BC) collection procedures are important to prevent the consequences of contamination, namely, prolonged patient hospitalisation, unnecessary antimicrobial exposure and an increase in hospital costs. Blood culture contamination rates were determined at different hospitals in the Cape Metropole over a 3-year period. Study findings showed that contaminated BCs have a financial impact on the healthcare system and contamination rates remain above accepted international standards, except in the presence of a phlebotomist team. High BC contamination rates might be reduced by the implementation of cost-effective educational intervention programmes, which reminds healthcare workers to collect BC samples aseptically.

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bacterial infectionsblood culturecontaminationeducationintervention

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PMID34485484
PMCPMC8378204
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