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blood culture contamination rate: a standalone construct

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Clinical microbiology

share of blood cultures growing organisms introduced during collection rather than present in the blood, a laboratory quality measure.

In clinical microbiology, blood culture contamination rate refers to share of blood cultures growing organisms introduced during collection rather than present in the blood, a laboratory quality measure. This meaning comes from Hall (2006) in Clinical Microbiology Reviews.[1]

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References

Hall, K. K., & Lyman, J. A. (2006). Updated Review of Blood Culture Contamination. Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 19(4), 788-802. https://doi.org/10.1128/cmr.00062-05

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