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<h1 class="page__title title" id="page-title">Cellulitis and Abscess Management in the Era of Resistance to Antibiotics (CAMERA)</h1> <h2>Appendix A. Skin and Soft Tissue Infection Action Plan</h2>
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<div class="field field-name-ahrq-generic-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><strong>Date: ___________________</strong></p>
<p><strong>Allergies:</strong></p>
<p><strong>Notes:</strong></p>
<p><strong>Fever:</strong></p>
<blockquote><p>History of Fever: Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;N<br />
Temperature at Visit: ________ ° 1 C&nbsp; ___ 2 F ___</p></blockquote>
<p><strong>Vital Signs:</strong></p>
<blockquote><p>Pulse <br />
Blood Pressure </p></blockquote>
<p><strong>Risk for MRSA:</strong></p>
<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="90%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td scope="row">__ Recent hospitalization <em>(within 1 month)</em></td>
<td>__ Other skin condition__________________</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td scope="row">__ Family Member with MRSA <em>(in last 6 months)</em></td>
<td>__ Immunocompromized:________________</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td scope="row">__ Sport team: ____________________________</td>
<td>__Diabetes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td scope="row">__ History of MRSA: __________________</td>
<td>__Other risk factor:_____________________</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td scope="row">__Excema</td>
<td>__None of the above</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><strong>Number of Infected Lesions:</strong> ________</p>
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<tbody>
<tr>
<th scope="col">&nbsp;</th>
<th scope="col">Site 1</th>
<th scope="col">Site 2</th>
<th scope="col">Site 3</th>
<th scope="col">Site 4</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="5" scope="row">General description of infection</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td scope="row">Duration (days)</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td scope="row">Location <em>(face, neck, trunk, arm, hand, buttock, leg, foot, elsewhere)</em></td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td scope="row">Size (cm, greatest diameter)</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td scope="row">Red (erythema)</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td scope="row">Swollen (edema)</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td scope="row">Warm</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td scope="row">Painful/Tender</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td scope="row">Other Findings</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="5"><strong>Is it an abscess?</strong></td>
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<tr>
<td scope="row">Fluctuant</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td scope="row">Yellow or White Center</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td scope="row">Central Point or “Head”</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td scope="row">Draining pus (discharge, purulent)</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td scope="row">Other Findings</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="5" valign="top"><strong>Was it Drained?</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td scope="row">I&amp;D</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td scope="row">Needle Aspiration</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td scope="row">Manually Expressed</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td scope="row">Packed</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td scope="row">Referred for Further Management to:</td>
<td colspan="4" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="5"><strong>Was a Culture and Sensitivity Analysis Obtained?</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td scope="row">&nbsp;</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
<td>Y&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><strong>Summary of other sites if more than four:</strong></p>
<p><strong>Antibiotic:</strong></p>
<blockquote><p>___ None<br />
___ Empiric Treatment for suspected MRSA<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <em>(</em>e.g., <em>clindamycin, doxycycline, minocycline, trimethoprin-sulfamethoxazole)</em></p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rx: ____________________________________</p>
<p>___ Empiric Treatment for non-MRSA or Streptococcus <em>(</em>e.g., <em>beta lactam)</em></p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rx: ____________________________________</p>
<p>___ Other Rx: ____________________________________</p>
</blockquote>
<p><strong>Patient Followup:</strong></p>
<blockquote><p>___ PRN<br />
___ Scheduled for _______ days</p></blockquote>
<p><strong>Patient Education:</strong></p>
<blockquote><p>___ CDC Information Sheet<br />
___ Other: __________________________</p></blockquote>
<p><strong>CPT Codes:</strong><br />
10060 Simple or single I&amp;D or needle aspiration<br />
10061 Complicated or multiple I&amp;D or needle aspiration</p>
<hr />
<p><strong>ICD-9 Codes:</strong><br />
041.1 Staphylococcus infection<br />
680.X<a href="#ast">*</a> Carbuncle or furuncle<br />
681.00 Cellulitis or abscess of finger<br />
681.10 Cellulitis or abscess of the toe<br />
681.9 Cellulitis or abscess of unspecified digit<br />
682.X* Other cellulites or abscess<br />
<strong><a id="ast" name="ast">*</a> X=.0 face, .1 neck, .2 trunk, .3 arm, .4 hand, .5 buttock, .6 leg, .7 foot, .8, head, .9 elsewhere</strong></p>
<hr />
<p><strong>Follow-up:</strong></p>
<blockquote><p>___ Final Culture Result: ____________________________________ Date: _______________<br />
___ Patient Notified:&nbsp; Y&nbsp;&nbsp; N&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;; Date: __________________<br />
___ New Rx: __________________________<br />
___ Other: __________________________</p></blockquote>
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