# 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), Division: CVS-VASC: Arterial or venous infection

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Arterial or venous infection must meet at least one of the following criteria:
Patient has organisms cultured from arteries or veins removed during a surgical operation
AND blood culture not done or no organisms cultured from blood
Patient has evidence of arterial or venous infection seen during a surgical operation or histopathologic examination
Patient has at least 1 of the following signs or symptoms with no other recognized cause: fever (> 38 °C), pain, erythema, or heat at involved vascular site
AND more than 15 colonies cultured from intravascular cannula tip using semiquantitative culture method
AND blood culture not done or no organisms cultured from blood
Patient has purulent drainage at involved vascular site
AND blood culture not done or no organisms cultured from blood

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2018/945/annex/II/division/4/division/4.1/division/4.1.5/division/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-945/annex-II/division-4/division-4.1/division-4.1.5/division-1
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