Annals of internal medicine

The most recent articles from: Ann. Intern. Med. February 2011

Ann. Intern. Med. · Feb 2011

Randomized Controlled Trial

Effect of routine sterile gloving on contamination rates in blood culture: a cluster randomized trial.

Blood culture contamination leads to inappropriate or unnecessary antibiotic use. However, practical guidelines are inconsistent about the routine use of sterile gloving in collection of blood for culture. ⋯ Routine sterile gloving before venipuncture may reduce blood culture contamination.

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