title: Blood culture contamination: a clinical and financial burden.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Microbiology-Immunology Laboratories and Phlebotomy Services, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA. pgilliga@unch.unc.edu
authors.forename: Peter H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Gilligan
mesh_terms: D000891:Anti-Infective Agents, Local; D000985:Antisepsis / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D018962:Phlebotomy / Q000379:methods*; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000891:Anti-Infective Agents, Local