{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-506/annex/division-3/division-3.1/division-3.1.2/division-1",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2012/506",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision of 8 August 2012 amending Decision 2002/253/EC laying down case definitions for reporting communicable diseases to the Community network under Decision No 2119/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2012) 5538) (Text with EEA relevance) (2012/506/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-506",
  "path": "annex/division/3/division/3.1/division/3.1.2/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "BSI: Laboratory-confirmed bloodstream infection",
  "text": "One positive blood culture for a recognised pathogen\nOR\nPatient has at least one of the following signs or symptoms: fever (> 38 °C), chills, or hypotension\nAND Two positive blood cultures for a common skin contaminant (from two separate blood samples, usually within 48 hours)\nSkin contaminants = coagulase-negative staphylococci, Micrococcus spp., Propionibacterium acnes, Bacillus spp., Corynebacterium spp.\nSource of bloodstream infection:\n— Catheter-related the same micro-organism was cultured from the catheter or symptoms improve within 48 hours after removal of the catheter (C-PVC: peripheral catheter, C-CVC: central venous catheter (note: report C-CVC or C-PVC BSI as CRI3-CVC or CRI3-PVC respectively if microbiologically confirmed, see CRI3 definition)).\n— Secondary to another infection the same micro-organism was isolated from another infection site or strong clinical evidence exists that bloodstream infection was secondary to another infection site, invasive diagnostic procedure or foreign body\nPulmonary (S-PUL)\nUrinary tract infection (S-UTI)\nDigestive tract infection (S-DIG)\nSSI (S-SSI): surgical site infection\nSkin and soft tissue (S-SST)\nOther (S-OTH)\n— Unknown origin (UO) None of the above, bloodstream infection of unknown origin (verified during survey and no source found)\n— Unknown (UNK) No information available about the source of the bloodstream infection or information missing",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2012/506/annex/division/3/division/3.1/division/3.1.2/division/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:15:21.976168+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}