Creating a CLABSI Validation Template

As part of the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program, some hospitals are required to submit a validation template containing positive blood culture data. The report needs to find patients with a positive blood culture taken while in ICU or up to 48 hours after leaving ICU.

To create the Central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) validation template:

  1. To access the template, go to Report Center (The Infection Report Center) and then type in /CMS.aspx after /Reports in the address bar, i.e. https://rl6demo.rlsolutions.com/stable/Infection/Reports/CMS.aspx.
  2. Enter the date range for the report.
  3. Select the ICU Location and Blood Culture Test Type.
  4. Click Search to obtain the results.
  5. The results can also be exported to a Microsoft® Excel® spreadsheet.