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INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
Volume 21, Issue 10, Pages 649-651Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1086/501708
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We compared contamination rates of blood cultures obtained either from newly inserted intravenous catheters or via venipuncture. Of 2,431 blood cultures, the overall contamination rate was 2.7% (intravenous catheter, 3.4%; venipuncture, 2.0%; P=.043). The site of lowest contamination was the antecubital fossa, making this the optimal choice for blood-culture sampling (Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2000;21:649-651).
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