Handheld computer surveillance: Shoe-leather epidemiology in the "palm" of your hand

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 444-449

  Farley, Jason E ^a,b,e   Srinivasan, Arjun ^a,b,d   Richards, Ann ^a   Song, Xioayan ^a   McEachen, John ^c   Perl, Trish M ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Intranet Solutions   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; PHYSICIAN; SYMPTOM; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

CATHETERS, INDWELLING; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 26444498523     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2005.07.001     Document Type: Article

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