Blood Culture Contamination Creep Independent of COVID-19 Pandemics: An Interrupted Time-Series Analysis

Blood Culture Contamination Creep Independent of COVID-19 Pandemics: An Interrupted Time-Series Analysis

<b>Background/Objectives</b>: Our study aimed to assess longitudinal trends in blood culture contamination in a regional secondary care teaching hospital before and after the COVID-19 pandemic and to evaluate differences in the interpretation of trends using two distinct quasi-experiment...

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Main Authors:	Samo Jeverica, Jani Dernič, Peter Golob, Alenka Stepišnik, Bojan Novak, Tomaž Gantar, Lea Papst, Anamarija Juriševič Dodič, Darja Barlič Maganja, Jan Zmazek, Mladen Gasparini
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2025-05-01
Series:	Antibiotics
Subjects:	blood culture blood culture contamination COVID-19 Slovenia interrupted time-series analysis
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/14/6/533
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