Implementing automated surveillance for tracking Clostridium difficile infection at multiple healthcare facilities

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 305-308

  Dubberke, Erik R ^a   Nyazee, Humaa A ^a   Yokoe, Deborah S ^b   Mayer, Jeanmarie ^c   Stevenson, Kurt B ^d   Mangino, Julie E ^d   Khan, Yosef M ^d   Fraser, Victoria J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ELECTRONICS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

EID: 84857006246     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/664052     Document Type: Article

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