An after-hours clinical liaison blood culture service—is it worth it?

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An after-hours clinical liaison blood culture service—is it worth it? F. Fitzpatrick, M. Turley, H. Humphreys, E. Smyth Clinical Microbiology and Infection Volume 10, Issue 10, Pages 917-921 (October 2004) DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2004.00914.x Copyright © 2004 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions

Fig. 1 Organisms isolated from 223 blood cultures that became positive during the out-of-hours microbiology service: (a) no change in antimicrobial therapy (n = 164); (b) alteration in antimicrobial therapy (n = 59). Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2004 10, 917-921DOI: (10.1111/j.1469-0691.2004.00914.x) Copyright © 2004 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions