Infection surveillance is one of the cornerstones of infection prevention and control.
Measurement of process metrics and clinical outcomes, such as detection of healthcare …

Introduction Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) are among the most common adverse
events of medical care. Surveillance of HAI is a key component of successful infection …

Background: Postoperative infections remain a crucial challenge in health care, resulting in
high morbidity, mortality, and costs. Accurate identification and labeling of patients with …

Introduction Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) are a major public health concern.
Monitoring of HAI rates, with feedback, is a core component of infection prevention and …

Background As most automated surveillance (AS) methods to detect healthcare-associated
infections (HAIs) have been developed and implemented in research settings, information …

Automation of surveillance of infectious diseases—where algorithms are applied to routine
care data to replace manual decisions—likely reduces workload and improves quality of …

Electronic surveillance and using administrative data to ide... : Current Opinion in Infectious
Diseases Electronic surveillance and using administrative data to identify healthcare associated …

Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) such as surgical site infections and central
lineeassociated bloodstream infections are among the commonest adverse events of …

Background: Microbial invasion of the bloodstream is associated with a major burden of
illness. Despite its importance, there is inconsistency in utilization of terms used to define it …

Background To determine the accuracy of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-
10) coding for Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB) compared with laboratory results …