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Effects of type and level of training on variation in physician knowledge in the use and acquisition of blood cultures: a cross sectional survey

Jorge P Parada1,2* email, David N Schwartz3* email, Gordon D Schiff3* email and Kevin B Weiss1,4 email

Midwest Center for Health Services and Policy Research, Hines VA Hospital, Hines, IL, USA

Department of Medicine-Loyola University Medical Center, and the Stritch School of Medicine-Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, USA

Department of Medicine John Stroger Hospital of Cook County and Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL, USA

Center for Healthcare Studies, and the Division of the General Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA

author email corresponding author email* Contributed equally

BMC Infectious Diseases 2005, 5:71doi:10.1186/1471-2334-5-71

Published: 15 September 2005

Additional files

Additional File 1:

Survey Instrument. The BCX-related Knowledge Survey Instrument (includes the 15 scored items, and the four co-variate identifiers).

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