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===B. [[Central Line Related Blood stream Infection (CLR-BSI) | Central Line Infection]]=== | ===B. [[Central Line Related Blood stream Infection (CLR-BSI) | Central Line Infection]]=== | ||
If a patient | #If a patient develops a'''Complication''' of '''[[Central Line Related Blood stream Infection (CLR-BSI) | Central Line Infection]]''' while in your unit, the following entry must be made in the L_TmpV2 file: | ||
* Project: '''QAInf''' | #*Project: '''QAInf''' | ||
* Item: '''[[Central Line Related Blood stream Infection (CLR-BSI) | Central Line Infection]]''' | #*Item: '''[[Central Line Related Blood stream Infection (CLR-BSI) | Central Line Infection]]''' | ||
* | #*DATE of infection (no time) is the date '''positive''' blood culture was '''sent''' to micro lab. | ||
**if no positive culture than not a CLR-BSI | **if no positive culture than not a CLR-BSI | ||
#Patient already has a CLR-BSI present on admission to your unit: | |||
#*in the admitting diagnosis field, enter Central Line Infection. | |||
#*do not enter the DATE of positive culture in the Temp Studies field. | |||
#*if the patient is from another ICU in the city, email the collector at that site to check if CLR_BSI was captured as a "complication" at that site. | |||
'''The site where the CLR-BSI had occurred is the site that must get the credit for where infection occurred.''' | |||
==Line Count Form used by ICU's== | ==Line Count Form used by ICU's== | ||