A client has a central line associated blood stream infection and the spouse asks where the infection came from. What response from the nurse is most appropriate?

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A central line associated blood stream infection is a laboratory-confirmed bloodstream infection (bacteremia) that is not secondary to an infection at another body site in a client with a central venous catheter. It is not from the bladder catheter. The nurse would not say there was no telling where it came from or that there was no way of knowing.

A Client Has a Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infection