Significant Reduction of Blood Culture Contamination in the Emergency Department (ED) Using the Steripath® Blood Diversion Device
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2033. Evaluation of the FilmArray Meningitis/Encephalitis Molecular Panel in a Tertiary Care Public County Hospital Tae Hun Kim, MD; Emi Minejima, PharmD; Brad Spellberg, MD; Ira Shulman, MD; Paul Holtom, MD; Tarina Kang, MD and Susan M. Butler-Wu, PhD; Pathology, LAC-USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, Pharmacy, USC School of Pharmacy, Los Angeles, California, LAC-USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, LAC-USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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