Reducing Blood Culture Contamination in Adult Patients with Cancer Presenting to the Emergency Department

• Main Authors: Kim Nguyen (Author), Amy Spallone (Author), Adriana Wechsler (Author), Karim Samir Abdeldaem (Author), Maryam Zaghian (Author), Mymimilami Santos (Author), Holly Ayers (Author), Micah Bhatti (Author), Goley Richardson (Author), Brian Cameron (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Infection is one of the most common complications of cancer and cancer treatment. Most patients admitted for fever or infection come through the Emergency Department (ED), which is a primary site for blood culture collection. Contamination of blood cultures complicates the diagnoses, com...