Administrative coding data, compared with CDC/NHSN criteria, are poor indicators of health care-associated infections

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 155-164

  Stevenson, Kurt B ^a,b   Khan, Yosef ^a,b   Dickman, Jeanne ^a   Gillenwater, Terri ^a   Kulich, Pat ^a   Myers, Carol ^a   Taylor, David ^a   Santangelo, Jennifer ^a   Lundy, Jennifer ^a   Jarjoura, David ^c   Li, Xiaobai ^c   Shook, Janice ^b   Mangino, Julie E ^a,b  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT CODING; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY INFECTION; UNITED STATES; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

BACTEREMIA; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 40949129960     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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