Guideline · Consensus statement
Sustainable Neonatal CLABSI Surveillance: Consensus Toward New Criteria in the Netherlands
- Care and rehabilitation
- Infection and sepsis
- Infection prevention
- Line and device care
- Medical
- Nursing
- Professional practice
- Sepsis
Summary
A modified Delphi consensus among Dutch neonatologists producing national surveillance criteria for neonatal central-line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI). The criteria define CLABSI as a laboratory-confirmed bloodstream infection occurring after the first 72 hours of life in a neonate with an indwelling central venous or arterial line, with separate provisions for recognised pathogens versus common commensals alongside clinical sepsis and CRP. It is designed to fit a single blood-culture policy in neonatal practice and to enable intra- and interfacility comparison for quality improvement. Relevant to PICU and NICU teams involved in line-infection surveillance and infection prevention, though the criteria are neonatal-specific.
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