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

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Case 8<br />

• Baby girl Jones <strong>is</strong> born at 35<br />

weeks <strong>and</strong> weighs 1200 grams at<br />

birth. An <strong>in</strong>fusion l<strong>in</strong>e <strong>is</strong> placed<br />

<strong>in</strong>to her umbilical ve<strong>in</strong> after<br />

adm<strong>is</strong>sion to <strong>the</strong> NICU. 2 days<br />

after birth, her core temperature<br />

drops to 35° C, she <strong>is</strong> diagnosed<br />

with seps<strong>is</strong> <strong>and</strong> started on<br />

antibiotics. A s<strong>in</strong>gle blood culture<br />

<strong>is</strong> drawn <strong>and</strong> returns positive for<br />

C<strong>and</strong>ida albicans 2 days later.

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