Central Line Related Blood stream Infection (CLR-BSI): Difference between revisions
Ttenbergen (talk | contribs) m cleanup of timeline section |
Ttenbergen (talk | contribs) m →Criteria for the Blood Stream Infection (BSI): consistncy |
||
| Line 23: | Line 23: | ||
* '''At least one of''' the following two criteria must be met: | * '''At least one of''' the following two criteria must be met: | ||
:'''criterion 1:''' | :'''criterion 1:''' | ||
:*Patient has a '''recognized pathogen''' cultured from ''' | :*Patient has a '''recognized pathogen''' cultured from '''one or more''' [[Blood culture]]s and the organism cultured from blood is '''not related''' to an '''infection at another site'''. See: what is a [[Blood culture]]. | ||
:'''criterion 2:''' | :'''criterion 2:''' | ||
:*Patient has at least '''one''' of the following signs or symptoms '''without any other recognized cause'': | :*Patient has at least '''one''' of the following signs or symptoms '''without any other recognized cause'': | ||