Evaluation of international classification of diseases, ninth revision, clinical modification codes for reporting methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections at a hospital in Illinois

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 463-468

  Schaefer, Melissa K ^a,b   Ellingson, Katherine ^a,b   Conover, Craig ^c   Genisca, Alicia E ^a   Currie, Donna ^d   Esposito, Tina ^d   Panttila, Laura ^d   Ruestow, Peter ^d   Martin, Karen ^d   Cronin, Diane ^d   Costello, Michael ^d   Sokalski, Stephen ^d   Fridkin, Scott ^a   Srinivasan, Arjun ^a  

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

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d ADVOCATE HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION;

CROSS INFECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL RECORDS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951085954     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/651665     Document Type: Article

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