Table 2. Emergency Department Central Catheter Associated Blood Stream Infections: Clinical Characteristics of 9 cases.

Variable	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Age	61	55	51	26	90	46	34	73	52
Sex	Female	Male	Female	Male	Male	Female	Male	Female	Female
CCS Admission Diagnosis	Respiratory Failure	Sepsis	Diabetes w/Complications	Spinal Cord Injury	Chronic Kidney Disease	Sepsis	Acute Renal Failure	Brain Injury	Endocrine Disorder
Emergency Physician Indication for placement	No Peripheral Access	Shock	No Peripheral Access	Shock	Shock	Shock	Shock	Shock	No Peripheral Access
Location of ED CVC	Femoral	Internal Jugular	Internal Jugular	Femoral	Subclavian	Subclavian	Subclavian	Femoral	Subclavian
Ultrasound Assisted	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
Needle Sticks	3	1	1	1	3	2	1	2	1
Level of Operator	Resident	Attending	Resident	Resident	Resident	Resident	Resident	Resident	Attending
Duration of catheter in ED, hours	9	2	4	<1	3	9	7	4	7
Accepting Admitting Unit	Medical Intensive Care Unit	Cardiac Care Unit	Neurologic Intensive Care Unit	Surgical Intensive Care Unit	Medical Intensive Care Unit	General Floor	Medical Intensive Care Unit	Cardiac Care Unit	General Floor
Duration of ED catheter, days	4	15	9	12	5	28	9	10	10
LOS	13	68	9	32	11	28	10	10	20
CLABSI Organism	Streptococcus	Enteroccoccus	MRSA	S. Epidermidis	S. Capitis	S. Epidermidis	C. Albicans	C. Albicans	MRSA
Outcome	Discharge	Discharge	Discharge	Discharge	Discharge	Death	Discharge	Death	Discharge

CCS = Clinical Classification Software; CVC = central venous catheter; LOS = length of stay; MRSA = methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus