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== | ||