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

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Case 4<br />

• Patient admitted to MICU on 1/21 due to GI bleed<br />

• L subclavian l<strong>in</strong>e placed on 1/22<br />

• 1/28 patient spikes fever (102.1 F); blood specimen for<br />

culture drawn through <strong>the</strong> l<strong>in</strong>e x 1; l<strong>in</strong>e removed <strong>and</strong> tip<br />

sent for culture<br />

• 1/3 blood <strong>and</strong> tip culture positive for coagulase-negative<br />

staphylococci<br />

Is th<strong>is</strong> a <strong>CLABSI</strong>?

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