An evaluation of blood cultures in the emergency centre

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dc.contributor.authorFleming, Julianen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-28T20:06:51Z
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dc.date.issued2011en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe 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.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationFleming, J. (2011). <i>An evaluation of blood cultures in the emergency centre</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Division of Emergency Medicine. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10436en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationFleming, Julian. <i>"An evaluation of blood cultures in the emergency centre."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Division of Emergency Medicine, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10436en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationFleming, J. 2011. An evaluation of blood cultures in the emergency centre. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Fleming, Julian AB - 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. DA - 2011 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2011 T1 - An evaluation of blood cultures in the emergency centre TI - An evaluation of blood cultures in the emergency centre UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10436 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/10436
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationFleming J. An evaluation of blood cultures in the emergency centre. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Division of Emergency Medicine, 2011 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10436en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDivision of Emergency Medicineen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEmergency Medicineen_ZA
dc.titleAn evaluation of blood cultures in the emergency centreen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMPhilen_ZA
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