Infection Spread and Outbreaks Support with Spatial-Temporal Visualization Tool for Hospitals.

ABSTRACT: Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), especially those caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria, represent a critical challenge, increasing healthcare costs, hospital stays, and mortality rates. Monitoring HAIs requires integrating spatial-temporal data from patient records and microbiology results. However, current manual methods are time-consuming and error-prone. Although temporal factors are often considered, spatial patient distribution and hospital topological factors are frequently overlooked. Interactive information visualization provides a solution, combining diverse data sources to enhance understanding of spatial-temporal relationships. We aim to develop OBViz, an interactive visual tool employing spatial-temporal visualization techniques to analyze infection spread and hospital ep

SUBMITTER: Kim D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12176923 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature