Leveraging electronic medical records for surveillance of surgical site infection in a total joint replacement population

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 351-359

  Inacio, Maria C S ^a   Paxton, Elizabeth W ^a   Chen, Yuexin ^a   Harris, Jessica ^a   Eck, Enid ^b   Barnes, Sue ^c   Namba, Robert S ^d   Ake, Christopher F ^a  

^a Surgical Outcomes and Analysis Unit of Clinical Analysis   (United States)

^b Quality and Risk Management   (United States)

^c Program Offices   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY; WOUND COMPLICATION;

ALGORITHMS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CALIFORNIA; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGISTRIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 79952605836     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/658942     Document Type: Article

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