Impact of electronic surveillance on isolation practices

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 694-699

  Larson, Elaine ^a   Behta, Maryam ^b   Cohen, Bevin ^a   Jia, Haomiao ^a   Furuya, Yoko ^c   Ross, Barbara ^d   Chaudhry, Rohit ^e   Vawdrey, David K ^e   Ellingson, Katherine ^f  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^d NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL STAFF; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT;

CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT ISOLATION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84878760422     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/671001     Document Type: Article

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