Electronic surveillance criteria for non-ventilator-associated hospital-acquired pneumonia: Assessment of reliability and validity.
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DOI: 10.1017/ice.2022.302
Abstract: OBJECTIVE Surveillance of non-ventilator-associated hospital-acquired pneumonia (NV-HAP) is complicated by subjectivity and variability in diagnosing pneumonia. We compared a fully automatable surveillance definition using routine electronic health record data to manual determinations of NV-HAP according… read more here.
Keywords: surveillance criteria; surveillance; diagnosis; electronic surveillance ... See more keywords
Diagnostic accuracy of electronic surveillance tool for catheter-associated urinary tract infections in tertiary care hospitals
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DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000027363
Abstract: Abstract Background: Automated systems have been developed to reduce labor-intensive manual recordings during nosocomial infection surveillance. The diagnostic accuracies of these systems have differed in various settings. Methods: We designed this meta-analysis to evaluate the… read more here.
Keywords: surveillance; electronic surveillance; tertiary care; care hospitals ... See more keywords
Assessing the Utility of Automated Electronic Surveillance by Shock Tool for Early Detection of Sepsis in Pediatric Patients
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DOI: 10.1542/peds.142.1_meetingabstract.630
Abstract: Purpose: Increasing incidence of sepsis is causing the burden of in-hospital morbidity and mortality. Therapy should be instituted within the first one to three hours of detection to avoid long-term consequences. The Shock Tool is… read more here.
Keywords: sepsis; shock tool; pediatric patients; electronic surveillance ... See more keywords