Computer-assisted, high-frequency, hospital-wide point prevalence surveys of hospital-acquired infections in a tertiary care hospital, the Netherlands, 2013 to 2014.

ABSTRACT: BackgroundSurveillance of hospital-acquired infections (HAI) often relies on point prevalence surveys (PPS) to detect major deviations in the occurrence of HAI, supplemented with incidence measurements when more detailed information is needed. In a 1,320-bed university medical centre in the Netherlands, we evaluated an electronically assisted surveillance system based on frequently performed computer-assisted PPS (CAPPS).AimThe primary goals were to evaluate the performance of this method to detect trends and to determine how adjustments in the frequency with which the CAPPS are performed would affect this performance. A secondary goal was to evaluate the performance of the algorithm (nosocomial infection index (Nii)) used.MethodsWe analysed the data of 77 hospital-wide PPS, performed over

SUBMITTER: Streefkerk HRA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6446511 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature