Decreased Mortality Associated With Prompt Gram Staining of Blood Cultures
| Autor: | Gaurav Sangwan, Donald R. Graham, Jerry Lawhorn, Lavanya Kolluri, Robert Vautrain, Cheryl Drake, Ashley B. Moja, Charles D. Callahan, Steven J. Verhulst, Lauren B. Moja, Matthew M. Ertmoed, Douglas W. Shevlin, Joan Barenfanger, Ryan Peterson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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| Zdroj: | American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 130:870-876 |
| ISSN: | 1943-7722 0002-9173 |
| DOI: | 10.1309/ajcpvmdqu2zjdpbl |
| Popis: | Gram stains of positive blood cultures are the most important factor influencing appropriate therapy. The sooner appropriate therapy is initiated, the better. Therefore, it is reasonable to expect that the sooner Gram stains are performed, the better. To determine the value of timely Gram stains and whether improvement in Gram stain turnaround time (TAT) is feasible, we compared data for matched pairs of patients with cultures processed promptly ( |
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