Binary cumulative sums and moving averages in nosocomial infection cluster detection

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1426-1432

  Brown, Samuel M ^a,h   Benneyan, James C ^b   Theobald, Daniel A ^c   Sands, Kenneth ^d   Hahn, Matthew T ^c   Potter Bynoe, Gail A ^e   Stelling, John M ^f,g   O'Brien, Thomas F ^f,g   Goldmann, Donald A ^e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Vecna Technologies Inc   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f WHO Collaborating Center   (United States)

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h 527 Leverett Mail Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0036913729     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0812.010514     Document Type: Article

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