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Effect of Routine Sterile Gloving on Contamination Rates in Blood Culture

Research study
Abstract: 
Practical guidelines are inconsistent about the routine use of sterile gloving in collection of blood for culture , this cluster randomized trial looked to determine whether the routine use of sterile gloving before venipuncture reduces blood culture contamination rates.
Authors: 
Nak-Hyun KimMDMoonsuk KimMDShinwon LeeMDNa Ra YunMDKye-Hyung KimMD Sang Won ParkMDPhDHong Bin KimMDPhDNam-Joong KimMDPhDEui-Chong KimMDPhDWan Beom ParkMDPhDand Myoung-don OhMDPhD Ann Intern Med February 1 2011 vol. 154 no. 3 145-151
Link:
https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/0003-4819-154-3-201102010-00003
Category: 
Intervention Study