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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-945/annex-II/division-4/division-4.1/division-4.1.4/division-5",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2018/945",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/945 of 22 June 2018 on the communicable diseases and related special health issues to be covered by epidemiological surveillance as well as relevant case definitions (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-945",
  "path": "annex/II/division/4/division/4.1/division/4.1.4/division/5",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "CRI3-CVC: microbiologically confirmed CVC-related bloodstream infection",
  "text": "BSI occurring 48 hours before or after catheter removal (if any)\nAND positive culture with the same micro-organism of either:\nquantitative CVC culture ≥ 103 CFU/ml or semi-quantitative CVC culture > 15 CFU\nquantitative blood culture ratio CVC blood sample/peripheral blood sample > 5\ndifferential delay of positive blood cultures: CVC blood sample culture positive 2 hours or more before peripheral blood culture (blood samples drawn at the same time)\npositive culture with the same micro-organism from pus from insertion site",
  "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/2018/945/annex/II/division/4/division/4.1/division/4.1.4/division/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:13:03.598650+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."
}