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A comprehensive update on the problem of blood culture contamination and a discussion of methods for addressing the problem. Doern G, Carroll K, Diekema D, et al. Clinical Microbiology Reviews 2020.

Diagnostic errors in clinical microbiology and antimicrobial resistance. Chugh T. Current Medicine Research and Practice 2020.

Analysis on the errors in the pre-analytical process in a clinical microbiology laboratory. Akalin B, Veranyurt U. International Journal of Basic and Clinical Studies 2019.

Practical guidance for clinical microbiology laboratories: Implementing a quality management system in the medical Microbiology laboratory. Carey R, Bhattacharyya S, et al. Clinical Microbiology Reviews 2018.

How to: accreditation of blood cultures' proceedings. A clinical microbiology approach for adding value to patient care. Lamy B, Ferroni A, et al. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2018.

Internal quality assurance in diagnostic microbiology: A simple approach for insightful data. Scherz V, Durussel C, Greub G. PLoS One 2017.

Antimicrobial stewardship: how the microbiology laboratory can right the ship. Morency-Potvin P, Schwartz DN, Weinstein RA. Clinical Microbiology Reviews 2017.

Assessing clinical microbiology practice guidelines: American Society for Microbiology Ad Hoc Committee on Evidence-Based Laboratory Medicine Practice Guidelines Assessment. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2017.