Abstract

Skin flora are a major cause of contamination in blood cultures. Because false-positive blood cultures require clinical and microbiologic evaluation, substantial time and cost are expended in this effort. Currently, most hospitals use povidone iodine to decontaminate venipuncture sites. In this prospective, randomized trial, the …

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