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Diagnosing and Reporting of Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Susan E. Beekmann ,
Daniel J. Diekema ,
W. Charles Huskins ,
Loreen Herwaldt ,
John M. Boyce ,
Robert J. Sherertz ,
Philip M. Polgreen  and
on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America Emerging Infections Network
Susan E. Beekmann*
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Daniel J. Diekema
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
W. Charles Huskins
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Loreen Herwaldt
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
John M. Boyce
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Section, Hospital of Saint Raphael, New Haven, Connecticut
Robert J. Sherertz
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Philip M. Polgreen
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
*
Department of Internal Medicine, SW34J General Hospital, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242 (susan-beekmann@uiowa.edu)
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Abstract

Background.

The diagnosis of central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) is often controversial, and existing guidelines differ in important ways.

Objective.

To determine both the range of practices involved in obtaining blood culture samples and how central line-associated infections are diagnosed and to obtain members' opinions regarding the process of designating bloodstream infections as publicly reportable CLABSIs.

Design.

Electronic and paper 11-question survey of infectious-diseases physician members of the Infectious Diseases Society of America Emerging Infections Network (IDSA EIN).

Participants.

All 1,364 IDSA EIN members were invited to participate.

Results.

692 (51%) members responded; 52% of respondents with adult practices reported that more than half of the blood culture samples for intensive care unit (ICU) patients with central lines were drawn through existing lines. A sizable majority of respondents used time to positivity, differential time to positivity when paired blood cultures are used, and quantitative culture of catheter tips when diagnosing CLABSI or determining the source of that bacteremia. When determining whether a bacteremia met the reportable CLABSI definition, a majority used a decision method that involved clinical judgment.

Conclusions.

Our survey documents a strong preference for drawing 1 set of blood culture samples from a peripheral line and 1 from the central line when evaluating fever in an ICU patient, as recommended by IDSA guidelines and in contrast to current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations. Our data show substantial variability when infectious-diseases physicians were asked to determine whether bloodstream infections were primary bacteremias, and therefore subject to public reporting by National Healthcare Safety Network guidelines, or secondary bacteremias, which are not reportable.

Type
Original Article
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 33 , Issue 9 , September 2012 , pp. 875 - 882
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2012 

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