An effective computerized reminder for contact isolation of patients colonized or infected with resistant organisms

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 194-198

  Kho, Abel N ^a,b   Dexter, Paul R ^a,b   Warvel, Jeff S ^a   Belsito, Anne W ^a   Commiskey, Marie ^c   Wilson, Stephen J ^b,c   Hui, Siu L ^a,b   McDonald, Clement J ^a,b  

^a REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WISHARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical decision support systems; Enterococcus; Infection control; Methicillin resistance; Reminder systems; Staphylococcus aureus; Vancomycin resistance

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ENTEROCOCCUS; INFECTION CONTROL; REMINDER SYSTEMS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; COMPUTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; PATIENT ISOLATION; REMINDER SYSTEMS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 38549170543     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2007.02.005     Document Type: Article

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