Validation of a multicenter computer-based surveillance system for hospital-acquired bloodstream infections in neonatal intensive care departments

• Published in: American journal of infection control Vol. 32; no. 4; pp. 232 - 234
• Main Authors: Graham, Philip L, San Gabriel, Pablo, Lutwick, Suzanne, Haas, Janet, Saiman, Lisa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: St. Louis, MO Mosby, Inc 01.06.2004; Mosby
• Subjects: Bacteremia - epidemiology; Bacteremia - microbiology; Bacterial diseases; Bacterial sepsis; Biological and medical sciences; Blood-Borne Pathogens - isolation & purification; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.); Computer Systems; Cross Infection - epidemiology; Cross Infection - microbiology; Data Collection; Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - diagnosis; Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - epidemiology; Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - diagnosis; Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - epidemiology; Human bacterial diseases; Humans; Incidence; Infectious diseases; Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; Male; Medical sciences; Microbiology; Risk Assessment; Sensitivity and Specificity; Sentinel Surveillance; Survival Analysis; United States; United States; Human; Infection; Nosocomial infection; Intensive care; Newborn; Microbiology; Surveillance; Bacteriosis; Bacteremia

Automated systems can facilitate surveillance for health care–associated infections. The New York Antimicrobial Resistance Project (NYARP) electronically monitors trends in bloodstream infections from 6 medical centers in New York, NY. To validate NYARP's data, episodes of health care–associate...