Informatics and Epidemiology in Infection Control

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 261-270

  Woeltje, Keith F ^a   Lautenbach, Ebbing ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic surveillance; Epidemiology; HAIs; Infection prevention

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEVICE INFECTION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG USE; ELECTRONIC SPREADSHEET; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION STORAGE; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PREVALENCE; REVIEW;

CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PREVALENCE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 79551709162     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2010.11.013     Document Type: Review

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