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==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. | ||
**A List of common comensals can be found on [[Regional Server]] located: \\ad.wrha.mb.ca\WRHA\REGIONWRHA\SHARED\ICU_DATA_COLLECTION\'''List of Common Comensals CDC Jan 2013''' | |||
==How do we count?== | ==How do we count?== | ||