title: Reduction of blood culture contamination rates after implementation of a phlebotomist team.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Brazil.
authors.forename: Giovanni Fernandes
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Foggiato
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Brazil; Division of Infectious Diseases, Hospital de Clínicas da UFPR, Curitiba, Brazil. Electronic address: tuon@ufpr.br.
authors.forename: Felipe F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Tuon
authors.affiliation: Hospital Santa Casa de Curitiba, Curitiba, Brazil.
authors.forename: Guilherme
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Brazil.
authors.forename: Alan Homero
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Dos Santos
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Brazil.
authors.forename: Bruno Romero
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Brazil.
authors.forename: Geovanna Labres
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: de Souza
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Brazil.
authors.forename: Luana Medeiros
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Limberger
mesh_terms: D000071997:Blood Culture; D001800:Blood Specimen Collection; D004340:Drug Contamination