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===Special considerations for the above criteria=== | ===Special considerations for the above criteria=== | ||
*Criterion elements must occur within a time frame that does not exceed a gap of one calender day. "Criterion Elements" refer to the fever, and other symptoms of infection and the timing of the first positive culture. | *Criterion elements must occur within a time frame that does not exceed a gap of one calender day. "Criterion Elements" refer to the fever, and other symptoms of infection and the timing of the first positive culture. | ||
Separate occasions for the [[Blood culture]]s can range from 15 minutes apart to within 48 hours of each culture. | |||
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I question the 15 minutes in our definition above,the CDC defines separate occasions as referring to the act of disinfection of the access site.Also the nurses are not accurate at recording the time of the blood draw accurately.For example blood cultures drawn from different sites or at different times should undergo separate decontamination(skin prep).Both of these are separate occasions. I have asked the task committee to look at our definition separate occasions.[[User:GHall|GHall]] 07:48, 2016 July 25 (CDT) | |||
*Different ports of the same line is considered 2 sites. | *Different ports of the same line is considered 2 sites. | ||
*One [[blood culture]]is defined as one site (at least one of two bottles from a [[Blood culture]] set is reported as having grown at least one organism). | *One [[blood culture]]is defined as one site (at least one of two bottles from a [[Blood culture]] set is reported as having grown at least one organism). | ||