An intranet-based automated system for the surveillance of nosocomial infections: Prospective validation compared with physicians' self-reports

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-55

  Bouam, Samir ^a   Girou, Emmanuelle ^b   Brun Buisson, Christian ^b   Karadimas, Harry ^a   Lepage, Eric ^a  

^a Dept Biostatist/Info Hospitalier ^*  (France)

^b HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTEREMIA; CATHETER INFECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTRANET; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AUTOMATION; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORDS; PHYSICIANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0037234237     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502115     Document Type: Article

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