Rapid Identification of Hospitalized Patients at High Risk for MRSA Carriage

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 506-512

  Evans, R Scott ^a,b   Wallace, Carrie Jane ^a   Lloyd, James F ^a   Taylor, Caroline W ^c   Abouzelof, Rouett H ^c   Sumner, Sharon ^c   Johnson, Kyle V ^a   Wuthrich, Amyanne ^b   Harbarth, Stephan ^d   Samore, Matthew H ^b,e  

^a LDS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Division of Infection Control   (United States)

^d GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^e VA SCL Health Care System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ALGORITHMS; CARRIER STATE; CROSS INFECTION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; NOSE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REMINDER SYSTEMS; RISK; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 45949094383     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M2721     Document Type: Article

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