Blood culture collection technique and pneumococcal surveillance in Malawi during the four year period 2003-2006: an observational study. BMC Infect Dis 8: 137.Mtunthama N, Gordon SB, Kusimbwe T, Zijlstra EE, Molyneux ME, French N. Blood culture collection technique and pneumococcal surveillance...
Samples for blood culture have traditionally been taken by nurses, medical and paramedical staff in attendance on the wards of the QECH. In March 2003 an audit of blood culture performance was carried out in the medical wards, revealing poor collection technique and inadequate volumes of ...
Various strategies have been implemented to decrease blood culture contamination rates e.g. training staff with regard to aseptic collection technique, feedback with regard to contamination rates and implementation of blood culture collection kits. Although skin antisepsis can reduce the burden of contamin...
Blood culture collection technique and pneumococcal surveillance in Malawi during the four year period 2003–2006: an observational study. BMC Infect Dis. 2008;8:1–6. Article Google Scholar Hill PC, Onyeama CO, Ikumapayi UNA, Secka O, Ameyaw S, Simmonds N, et al. Bacteraemia in patients...
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Lastly, the viewer is introduced to a collection technique with Flash Technology, which sidelines the initial flash of blood and skin contaminants therein. Read the Transcript Have you experienced a false positive blood culture? Share your story. ...
A standardized technique of skin preparation with povidone-iodine was used. The rate of contamination was 1.0% (95% confidence intervals, 0 to 3.0%) for each method. Ten patients had blood cultures yielding true pathogens; in five of these bacteremic children, only one of two sets of blood...
Blood collection methods in guinea pigs are limited due to the animals' compact neck, short limbs, and lack of a tail. Gingival venipuncture is a recently described blood sampling technique that is minimally traumatic with no significant alterations in hematologic parameters when multiple blood ...
endothelial cells can be identified by means of this type of bioassay technique. Cellular Electrophysiological MethodsVascular effects of some xenobiotics may be mediated by changes insmooth muscle membrane potential, action potential, or contractile activity. Use of an intracellularmicroelectrode(micro...
ELISA Immunologic technique, single or complex protein solutions, samples with different geometries can be studied, does not require optically reflecting surfaces, quantitation of adsorbed proteins can be difficult, time consuming, relatively low cost SDS-PAGE Gel electrophoretic mobility based analysis of...