Evaluation of an algorithm for electronic surveillance of hospital-acquired infections yielding serial weekly point prevalence scores

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 888-890

  Streefkerk, Roel H R A ^a   Borsboom, Gerard J J M ^a   van der Hoeven, Conrad P ^a   Vos, Margreet C ^a   Verkooijen, Roel P ^a   Verbrugh, Henri A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION CONTROL PRACTITIONER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84902984943     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/676869     Document Type: Article

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