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'''AND if at least one''' of the following criteria is met:   
'''AND if at least one''' of the following criteria is met:   
* Pathogen isolated from sputum in the last 48 hours
* Pathogen isolated from sputum in the last 48 hours
**Whenever a positive sputum culture is reported, the data collector should check to see if this is first of all, a pneumonia and then, to see if it is a [[CAP]], [[HAP]] or VAP.  (Sometimes it is an upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) and not a pneumonia at all).  The time frame for looking at the VAP criteria listed below is within a day or two of when the positive culture was '''sent'''.  --[[User:LKolesar|LKolesar]] 15:29, 2013 April 22 (EDT)
 
* Positive blood cultures not related to another infection
* Positive blood cultures not related to another infection
* Positive pleural fluid culture.
* Positive pleural fluid culture.
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