TABLE 1.

Contamination rates according to study site and type of skin preparation used for blood culture

Study site	Conventional pledgets		Medi-Flex
	No. of cultures	No. (%) contaminated	No. of cultures	No. (%) contaminated
DUMC	3,536	157 (4.4)	2,924	126 (4.3)
RWJUH	1,632	132 (8.1)	1,801	135 (7.5)
DHMC	1,007	55 (5.5)	906	54 (6.0)
SLVAMC	187	7 (3.7)	374	13 (3.5)
Total	6,362	351 (5.5)	6,005	328 (5.5)