Central Line Related Blood stream Infection (CLR-BSI): Difference between revisions

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#'''A patient with dialysis catheter is in one of the ICU's under surveillance for CLR-BSI.  Someone from the dialysis center comes to the ICU to perform the dialysis.  Will the central line days for this patient be counted in the ICU's central line day count?'''   
#'''A patient with dialysis catheter is in one of the ICU's under surveillance for CLR-BSI.  Someone from the dialysis center comes to the ICU to perform the dialysis.  Will the central line days for this patient be counted in the ICU's central line day count?'''   
#*''Yes. In this instance, the central line days would be counted in the ICU's central line day count.''
#*''Yes. In this instance, the central line days would be counted in the ICU's central line day count.''
'''Questions related to criterion #2'''
#*'''Re: Criterion 2: Can we define what two more blood cultures on separate occasions means.For example if a patient has a double lumen vascath and a culture is drawn from one port and then 1 minute later another is drawn from another port and they both are positive for staph epi does this qualify as separate occasions?
#*'''Re Criterion 2:What is the time limit for these occasions for example if one culture was drawn and then 2 days later another and they were both positive for staph epi would this be considered 2 occasions?
#*'''Re Criterion 2:Is 2 occasions or 2 different sites or is it both?


== Background==
== Background==