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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 has a '''Complication''' of '''[[Central Line Related Blood stream Infection (CLR-BSI) | Central Line Infection]]''', the following entry must be made in the L_TmpV2 file:  
#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]]'''
* Infx Dt: Date of infection (no time) is the date '''positive''' blood culture was '''sent''' to micro lab.  
#*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==