Is automated electronic surveillance for healthcare-associated infections accurate in the burn unit?

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 591-597

  Venable, Amanda ^a   Dissanaike, Sharmila ^b  

^a UMC Health System   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; BURN UNIT; CATHETER ASSOCIATED URINARY TRACT INFECTION; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL LINE ASSOCIATED BLOOD STREAM INFECTION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE; ELECTRONICS; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BURN UNITS; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CROSS INFECTION; DATA MINING; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84892828197     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e3182a2aa0f     Document Type: Article

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