Effect of a blood culture collection bundle on decreasing the contamination rate

Miki Doi; Yoshio Takesue; Miyuki Makino; Yousuke Kihara; Akiko Tanikawa; Yasushi Murakami; Hitoshi Ogashiwa; Yukiko Nakano; Soichiro Nakama; Takashi Ueda; Kazuhiko Nakajima; Yasuhiro Nozaki

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0314649

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Effect of a blood culture collection bundle on decreasing the contamination rate

Miki Doi,

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Clinical Technology, Tokoname City Hospital, Tokoname, Aichi, Japan
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Yoshio Takesue ,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: takesuey@hyo-med.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Hyogo Medical University Hospital, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan, Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Tokoname City Hospital, Tokoname, Aichi, Japan

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8635-6416

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Miyuki Makino,

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Tokoname City Hospital, Tokoname, Aichi, Japan
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Yousuke Kihara,

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Tokoname City Hospital, Tokoname, Aichi, Japan
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Akiko Tanikawa,

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Tokoname City Hospital, Tokoname, Aichi, Japan
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Yasushi Murakami,

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tokoname City Hospital, Tokoname, Aichi, Japan
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Hitoshi Ogashiwa,

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Clinical Technology, Tokoname City Hospital, Tokoname, Aichi, Japan
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Yukiko Nakano,

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Clinical Technology, Tokoname City Hospital, Tokoname, Aichi, Japan
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Soichiro Nakama,

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Tokoname City Hospital, Tokoname, Aichi, Japan
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Takashi Ueda,

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Hyogo Medical University Hospital, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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Kazuhiko Nakajima,

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Hyogo Medical University Hospital, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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Yasuhiro Nozaki

Roles Validation

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tokoname City Hospital, Tokoname, Aichi, Japan
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Effect of a blood culture collection bundle on decreasing the contamination rate

Miki Doi,
Yoshio Takesue,
Miyuki Makino,
Yousuke Kihara,
Akiko Tanikawa,
Yasushi Murakami,
Hitoshi Ogashiwa,
Yukiko Nakano,
Soichiro Nakama,
Takashi Ueda

Published: December 31, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0314649

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