The VP was a douche and the "line infection" was almost certainly not from a line in the first place. The patient was on IST, so calling any random opportunisti

The VP was a douche and the "line infection" was almost certainly not from a line in the first place. The patient was on IST, so calling any random opportunistic infection a central line infection is (at best) irresponsible. Reporting incorrect data can be worse than reporting nothing at all. Here are the guidelines: http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/pdfs/faqs/faqs-v-6_clabsi.pdf http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/pdfs/faqs/faqs-v-6_clabsi.pdf CLIs are only supposed to be reported when the central line can reasonably be implicated as the vector and the blood is the primary infection site. Neither was established. As far as cleaning up procedures, there will always be room for further improvement, but that's no reason to accept a $2 million fine (which still had to be paid) as a cost of doing business when the "root cause" was incorrect reporting.