167Reduction in Contaminated Blood Culture Rates and Associated Costs as an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Activity
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167. Reduction in Contaminated Blood Culture Rates and Associated Costs as an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Activity John Toney, MD; Narla Fries, CLS, MT(ASCP); Rey Rivera, MD; Stephen Mastorides, MD; Richard Oehler, MD, FACP, FIDSA; Sandra Gompf, MD; Infectious Disease Section, James A. Haley Veterans’Hospital, Tampa, FL; Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service, James A. Haley Vaterans Hospital, Tampa, FL; Infectious Disease and International Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL; Division of Infectious Disease and International Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL; Infectious Disease Section, James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, Tampa, FL
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