National Health Care Safety Network - Nevada State Health Division
National Health Care Safety Network - Nevada State Health Division
National Health Care Safety Network - Nevada State Health Division
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Bloodstream Infection<br />
Definitions Summary<br />
Laboratory confirmed bloodstream infection (LCBI)<br />
– all patients<br />
1. Any patient: > 1 blood culture with pathogen<br />
2. Any patient: >2 blood cultures drawn on separate<br />
occasions positive with same skin organism + fever,<br />
chills, OR hypotension<br />
3. Infant/neonate: >2 blood cultures drawn on separate<br />
occasions positive with same skin organism + fever,<br />
hypothermia, apnea, OR bradycardia<br />
Clinical Sepsis (CSEP) – infants and neonates<br />
only<br />
Clinical symptoms + blood culture not done or<br />
negative + antimicrobial therapy instituted