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Adoption of new technologies in laboratory workflow practices for positive blood culture bottles: a cross-sectional survey among hospitals in the Autonomous Community of Valencia, Spain

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Acknowledgements

We thank Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) for organizing the meetings of the Working Group of the Autonomous Community of Valencia (ACV) for Optimization of Microbiological Diagnostic Processes.

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  1. Microbiology Service, Hospital General Universitario, Alicante, Spain

    Juan Carlos Rodríguez & Adelina Gimeno

  2. Microbiology Unit, Hospital Vega Baja, Orihuela, Spain

    Emilio Borrajo

  3. Microbiology Service, Hospital Arnau de Vilanova, Valencia, Spain

    Montserrat Bosque & Ma. Victoria Domínguez Márquez

  4. Microbiology Service, Hospital Universitario Dr. Peset, Valencia, Spain

    Juan José Camarena & José Miguel Nogueira

  5. Microbiology Service, Instituto de Investigación INCLIVA, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valencia, Spain

    Javier Colomina & David Navarro

  6. Microbiology Unit, Hospital Virgen de los Lirios, Alcoi, Spain

    Encarnación Fuentes

  7. Microbiology Unit, Hospital de Requena, Requena, Spain

    José María García-Aguayo

  8. Microbiology Service, Hospital General Universitario, Elche, Spain

    Nieves Gonzalo

  9. Microbiology Service, Consorcio Hospital General Universitario, Valencia, Spain

    Remedios Guna & Concepción Gimeno

  10. Hospital Universitario de la Ribera, Alzira, Spain

    Olalla Martínez

  11. Microbiology Service, Hospital General Universitario, Castellón, Spain

    Rosario Moreno

  12. Microbiology Unit, Hospital Francesc de Borja, Gandía, Spain

    Nieves Orta

  13. Microbiology Unit, Hospital de Sagunto, Valencia, Spain

    Josep Prat

  14. Microbiology Unit, Hospital de La Plana, Castellón, Spain

    Alberto Yagüe

  15. Microbiology Service, and Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Av. Blasco Ibáñez 17, 46010, Valencia, Spain

    David Navarro

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Rodríguez, J.C., Borrajo, E., Bosque, M. et al. Adoption of new technologies in laboratory workflow practices for positive blood culture bottles: a cross-sectional survey among hospitals in the Autonomous Community of Valencia, Spain. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 38, 1199–1202 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-019-03522-1

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