Reduction of blood culture contamination rates through simplified personal protective equipment in COVID-19 patient care setting

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
• ² Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
• ³ Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
• ⁴ Infection Control Office, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
• ⁵ Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Infection Control Office, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: draver@snu.ac.kr.
• ⁶ Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Infection Control Office, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.