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An evaluation of blood cultures in the emergency centre
Includes bibliographical references.
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Division of Emergency Medicine
2014
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| author | Fleming, Julian |
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| description | Includes bibliographical references. |
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| institution | University of Cape Town (South Africa) |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10436 An evaluation of blood cultures in the emergency centre Fleming, Julian Emergency Medicine Includes bibliographical references. The aim of this study is to determine whether routine blood cultures performed in a secondary level hospital Emergency Centre affect the choice of antibiotic used in treating patients with bacterial infections. A secondary aim is to determine if staff in the EC are aware of correct procedures for drawing blood cultures, and whether their practice reflects this. This will be a retrospective analysis of all blood cultures done in GF Jooste hospital over a 12 month period (1 April 2008 - 31 March 2009). The EC sees approximately 45 000 patients per year, and approximately 300 blood cultures are performed every month. Inclusion criteria: Age 18 or greater; Blood culture performed by EC staff in EC; Recorded blood culture result by laboratory; Patient in hospital when results received. The data will be analysed and presented as simple descriptive statistics. 2014-12-28T20:06:51Z 2014-12-28T20:06:51Z 2011 Master Thesis Masters MPhil http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10436 eng application/pdf Division of Emergency Medicine Faculty of Health Sciences University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Emergency Medicine Fleming, Julian An evaluation of blood cultures in the emergency centre |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | An evaluation of blood cultures in the emergency centre |
| title_full | An evaluation of blood cultures in the emergency centre |
| title_fullStr | An evaluation of blood cultures in the emergency centre |
| title_full_unstemmed | An evaluation of blood cultures in the emergency centre |
| title_short | An evaluation of blood cultures in the emergency centre |
| title_sort | evaluation of blood cultures in the emergency centre |
| topic | Emergency Medicine |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10436 |
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