Accuracy of electronic surveillance of catheter-associated urinary tract infection at an academic medical center

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 685-691

  Wald, H L ^a   Bandle, B ^a   Richard, A ^a   Min, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ASSOCIATED URINARY TRACT INFECTION; CATHETER INFECTION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL PRACTITIONER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ALGORITHM; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PROCEDURES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ALGORITHMS; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84899792186     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/676429     Document Type: Article

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