Central Line Related Blood stream Infection (CLR-BSI): Difference between revisions
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** '''antibiotic''' treatment effective against that organism was started on the day that the culture was collected and was continued for greater than 3 days. | ** '''antibiotic''' treatment effective against that organism was started on the day that the culture was collected and was continued for greater than 3 days. | ||
==Common skin commensal== | ==Common skin commensal== | ||
*Common skin commensal means microorganisms that are commonly found on the skin and often indicate contamination of the blood culture media rather than identification of a pathogenic organism when identified in blood culture tests. These include coagulase negative staphylococci, proprionbacterium species, corynebacterium species, diphtheroids, bacillus species and mirococcus species. | *Common skin commensal means microorganisms that are commonly found on the skin and often indicate contamination of the blood culture media rather than identification of a pathogenic organism when identified in blood culture tests. These include coagulase negative staphylococci, proprionbacterium species, corynebacterium species, diphtheroids, bacillus species and mirococcus species. | ||