Designing Surveillance of Healthcare-Associated Infections in the Era of Automation and Reporting Mandates

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 970-976

  Van Mourik, Maaike S M ^a   Perencevich, Eli N ^b   Gastmeier, Petra ^c   Bonten, Marc J M ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control ^*  (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

automation; electronic health record; healthcare associated infections; public reporting; surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; CROSS INFECTION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HOSPITAL; REIMBURSEMENT;

AUTOMATION; CROSS INFECTION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE;

EID: 85043468046     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix835     Document Type: Article

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