Developing information technology for infection prevention surveillance

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 8 SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Woeltje, Keith F ^a,b   McMullen, Kathleen M ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BJC HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

central catheter associated bloodstream infections; chest radiographs; computer surveillance; electronic medical records; healthcare associated infections; infection prevention surveillance; information technology; microbiology cultures; ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 77954917288     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181e6d11d     Document Type: Article

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