Fever Non-Oncology CVC Clinical Pathway — Emergency Department

Goals and Metrics

Provider Resources

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Exclusions:
Oncology
Stem cell transplant
Engineered cell therapy
Pulmonary hypertension
Hyperinsulinism
Cystic fibrosis
Aplastic anemia

Non-oncology Child with a
Central Venous Catheter (CVC) and Fever

ED Triage

ED EHR Sepsis Alert, Sepsis Pathway as indicated

ED Team Assessment

Access CVC — all lumens
Order labs, blood cultures, antibiotics
- Consider urine testing as indicated
- Consider need for stress dose steroids

Goal: 1st antibiotic administration within 1st hr
ED Nursing CVC Care Tips
History and Physical Exam
Further Diagnostic Testing

Antibiotic Recommendations
- Signs/symptoms sepsis, Sepsis, ED, Inpatient, PICU
CHOP Antibiogram

Intestinal failure
Home parental nutrition
Complex care service
Sickle cell disease with apheresis port
Hemophilia with Broviac/PICC

Cefepime

Liver transplant

Piperacillin/tazobactam

Metabolism with port
Hemophilia with port

Ceftriaxone

Hemodialysis

1. Cefepime
2. Vancomycin

Add Vancomycin for the Following Indications

Ill appearance
- Sepsis, ED, Inpatient, PICU
Presence of hemodialysis catheter
History of MRSA
- Review MDRO, prior blood cultures, and outpatient notes
Suspected MRSA infection
- Skin or soft tissue infection
  - Including line exit site or tunnel infection
- Deep tissue abscess
- Lobar pneumonia
Suspected CNS infection
- Meningitis/ventriculitis
Non-central line indwelling hardware
- VP shunt, prosthetic valve

Consult appropriate subspecialty as clinically indicated
Disposition planning should occur with subspecialist and inpatient admission is determined on case-by-case basis

Posted: September 2017
Last Revised: November 2024

Authors:
- B. Ku, MD;
- MK. Abbadessa, ACCNS-P;
- J. Gerber, MD;
- C. Bales, MD;
- L. Copelovitch, MD;
- D. Friedman, MD;
- B. Laskin, MD;
- P Mazzeo, MD;
- L. Rand, MD;
- C. Witmer, MD;
- J. Lavelle, MD;
- M. Mascarenhas, MD;
- M. Boettcher, CRNP;
- G. Sharer, ACCNS-P;
- R. Heckler, RN

Editors: Clinical Pathways Team

Evidence

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