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CDC NHSN Manual General ResourcesNHSN Location
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Pneumonia Chapter6-1
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Date of Event2-7
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Infection Window Period2-8
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Repeat Infection Timeframe2-12
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ManualLink
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Imaging Test Evidence
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Serial imaging with Infiltrate, consolidation, cavitation6-12, footnote 2
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Signs/Symptoms
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Sputum/secretion changes6-12, footnote 3-4
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Cough, dypnea, RR > 256-13, footnote 5
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Rales or bronchial breath sounds6-13, footnote 6
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Worsening gas exchange6-14, footnote 7
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Laboratory
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Organism identified from blood6-14, footnote 8,13
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Organism identified from pleural fluid6-14, footnote 9,13
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Positive respiratory culture6-14, footnote 9
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Positive lung tissue culture6-14, footnote 9
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Is the patient immunocompromised ? (Y/N)6-14, footnote 10
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Does the patient have underlying cardiac/pulm disease (Y/N)6-12, footnote 1
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