Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia checklist
- Suggest infectious diseases referral for all patients
- Repeat the blood culture BEFORE treatment if only 1 set positive
- Remove existing IV lines (especially PICCs and CVCs)
- Baseline ECG (looking for heart block), rheumatoid factor and MSU
- Surveillance blood culture done after 3 days effective antibiotics
- Echocardiogram on every patient; usually TTE but
some patients need a TOE
- Get drugs and doses from Therapeutic Guidelines
- NOBODY gets less than 2 weeks IV treatment, anyone
without a removable focus gets 4+
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