Blood-culture ordering practices in patients with a central line at an academic medical center-Iowa, 2020

• Main Authors: Elias Kovoor (Author), Takaaki Kobayashi (Author), Lorinda Sheeler (Author), Alexandra Trannel (Author), William Etienne (Author), Oluchi Abosi (Author), Stephanie Holley (Author), Mary Kukla (Author), Angie Dains (Author), Kyle Jenn (Author), Holly Meacham (Author), Beth Hanna (Author), Alexandre Marra (Author), Meredith Parsons (Author), Bradley Ford (Author), Melanie Wellington (Author), Daniel Diekema (Author), Jorge Salinas (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The IDSA has a clinical definition for catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBSI) that requires ≥1 set of blood cultures from the catheter and ≥1 set from a peripheral vein. However, because blood cultures obtained from a central line may represent contamination rather than true infe...