Automatic detection of patients with nosocomial infection by a computer-based surveillance system: A validation study in a general hospital

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 500-503

  Pokorny, L ^a,c   Rovira, A ^b   Martín Baranera, Montserrat ^a,b,d   Gimeno, C ^b   Alonso Tarres C ^b   Vilarasau, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDADE DO EXTREMO SUL CATARINENSE   (Brazil)

^d Hospital General de l'Hospitalet   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; CROSS INFECTION; DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 33744799132     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502685     Document Type: Article

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