A patient experienced a central line associated blood stream infection (clabsi) which was reported to be due to a one-link neutral luer activated device (no further detail was provided).The patient was admitted to the hospital to undergo a procedure for another indication.At the time of admittance, the patient already had a left internal jugular (lj) tunneled line present which was placed prior to admittance.On day three of hospitalization, a right pulmonary artery (pa) line was placed.Two days later, the patient developed a fever.Later that day, the lj tunneled line was removed.On an unreported date, the patient began treatment for the clabsi with unspecified (reported as ¿appropriate¿) antibiotics (doses, frequencies, and routes were not reported).No further detail was provided regarding the patient¿s outcome from the event.No additional information is available.
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