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Researchers found a steady rise in blood culture contamination rates (from 0.9% to 1.5%) over a decade at a regional teaching hospital.

The "147,733" figure refers to the total number of patient admissions analyzed in a (2015–2024) titled "Blood Culture Contamination Creep Independent of COVID-19" published in the journal Antibiotics (MDPI). Key Findings of the "147,733 Admissions" Paper: 147733 zip

The rise in contamination was temporally linked to the opening of a new emergency department and an increase in single blood culture collections. Researchers found a steady rise in blood culture

While there is no single document widely known as the "147733 zip paper," the code appears as a primary data point in a recent scientific study on healthcare diagnostics. While there is no single document widely known

The authors suggest that implementing initial specimen diversion techniques could significantly reduce these contamination rates.

Contrary to some theories, the study concluded the pandemic was not the direct cause of this "creep"; instead, the increase was gradual and multifactorial.