Attribution of infections

Broken out from Resistance to antimicrobials, methicillin (anti-staph penicillins)

What is the attribution rule for our program on MRSA colonization? For example if a patient comes from SOGH ICU to the Concordia and tests positive for MRSA in less than 24 hours I would attribute this colonization to the SOGH not the Concordia. Is that correct? If we will have such a rule at all, could it be one that applies to infections in general and would therefore live in Template: ICD10 Guideline Infection. Also, we would want to make sure that "attribution" as a concept doesn't get muddled - if we search for that there are several hits, and we use other terms like "gets credit" elsewhere I believe. And in Lab and culture reports... Allan confirmed that all the attributions should be the same and can be moved into that infection template. Ttenbergen 14:09, 2018 October 29 (CDT) This will mean that I pull the 48hr rule out of the following and instead put it into Template:ICD10 Guideline Infection that is applied to all infections, and/or Infections in ICD10 which is referenced by the template: Iatrogenic, infection, central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection (CVC-BSI, CLI) - uses 48hrs Pneumonia, ventilator-associated (VAP) - uses VERY specific instructions Iatrogenic, infection, urinary catheter - uses CDC definition on page Template:ICD10 Guideline Iatrogenic deals with attribution of surgical infections there may be others dx right now that my search for 48 did not find because maybe they use a 12 hr or 17 hour... rule. Collectors, can you think of any? Ttenbergen 23:10, 2018 October 30 (CDT) Does anyone think making this one rule for all will be a problem?

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Julie, the above question specifically affects some projects you work with as well - do you think unifying this rule will be a problem for any of them?

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