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The Devil is in the Details: Applying CAUTI and CLABSI Criteria ...

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Case 2<br />

• What if <strong>the</strong> patient also has an <strong>in</strong>crease <strong>in</strong><br />

h<strong>is</strong> sputum, <strong>and</strong> developed rales, a fever<br />

of 38 C <strong>and</strong> has two chest xrays with<br />

<strong>in</strong>creased consolidation <strong>in</strong> h<strong>is</strong> right lower<br />

lobe, <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> two days before h<strong>is</strong> blood<br />

culture?<br />

Is th<strong>is</strong> a BSI?<br />

Why or why not?

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