ICU infection surveillance can be based on electronic routine data: results of a case study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The surveillance of hospital-acquired infections in Germany is usually conducted via manual chart review; this, however, proves resource intensive and is prone to a certain degree of subjectivity. Documentation based on electronic routine data may present an alternative to manual methods. We compared the data derived via manual chart review to that which was derived from electronic routine data.

Methods

Data used for the analyses was obtained from five of the University of Leipzig Medical Center's (ULMC) ICUs. Clinical data was collected according to the Protection against Infection Act (IfSG); documentation thereof was carried out in hospital information systems (HIS) as well as in the ICU-KISS module provided by the National Reference Center for the Surveillance

SUBMITTER: Schaumburg T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9979400 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature