ReviewOpen forum infectious diseases2023
The Impact of Initial Specimen Diversion Systems on Blood Culture Contamination.
Review in Open forum infectious diseases, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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Who cites it
6 citing papers in PubMed.
- Comparison of blood culture contamination rates with standard practice versus two blood diversion devices at a single institution.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2026Observational
- Initial Specimen Diversion Devices for Emergency Department Blood Cultures May Reduce Contamination Rates and Costs: Structured Literature Review.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2026Review
- Impact of Initial Specimen Diversion Technique on Blood Culture Contamination Rates.Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS · 2025Article
- Comparing the effects of two initial specimen diversion techniques on blood culture contamination rates and clinical outcomes-a multicenter study.Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2024Article
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- Diagnostic Stewardship: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Blood Collection Diversion Devices Used to Reduce Blood Culture Contamination and Improve the Accuracy of Diagnosis in Clinical Settings.Open forum infectious diseases · 2023Article
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Abstract
Blood culture contamination is associated with increased antimicrobial use, length of stay, and hospital cost. To address this problem, blood culture diversion has been developed as an additional measure to reduce contamination to targeted goals. Three different versions were proposed, including an open technique and 2 commercially available devices. This study aims to review the existing literature and analyze evidence for these 3 techniques.
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