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Authors
McCowan, Colin
Bakhshi, Andisheh
McConnachie, Alex
Malcolm, William
Barry, Sarah JE
Santiago, Virginia Hernandez
Leanord, Alistair
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Chief Scientist Office, Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorate (SIRN 007, SIRN 007, SIRN 007, SIRN 007, SIRN 007, SIRN 007)
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Article History
Received: 27 November 2021
Accepted: 6 July 2022
First Online: 28 October 2022
Declarations
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: The project was submitted to and approved by the Privacy Advisory Committee (PAC) of National Services Scotland (Approval Reference: PAC 34/13) and the East of Scotland Research Ethics Committee (Approval Reference: 13/ES/0118).
: The study was an observational study performing secondary data analysis of routinely collected health data. No experiments or interventions on humans were performed as part of the study. The research team did not collect any human samples. The study analyses anonymised information from blood cultures collected as part of routine healthcare practice.
: Analysis of anonymised information was done as per UK Good Clinical Practice guidelines, in a secure, password-protected Safe Haven part of Information Services Division (eDRIS) at Public Health Scotland, under NHS Scotland Research Ethics approval as detailed above.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare they have no conflicts of interest.
