Lack of Comprehensive Outbreak Detection in Hospitals

Timely identification of outbreaks of hospital-associated infections is needed to implement control measures and minimize impact. Survey results from 33 hospitals indicated that most hospitals lacked a formal cluster definition and all targeted a very limited group of prespecified pathogens. Standar...

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Published in:Infection control and hospital epidemiology 2016-04, Vol.37 (4), p.466-468
Main Authors: Baker, Meghan A., Huang, Susan S., Letourneau, Alyssa R., Kaganov, Rebecca E., Peeples, Jennifer R., Drees, Marci, Platt, Richard, Yokoe, Deborah S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Automation
Concise Communications
Cross Infection - prevention & control
Disease Outbreaks - prevention & control
Epidemics
Health facilities
Health Personnel
Hospitals
Hospitals - classification
Hospitals - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Infection Control - methods
Microorganisms
Mortality
Multidrug resistant organisms
Nursing
Organisms
Outbreaks
Pathogens
Patient safety
Polls & surveys
Prevention programs
Staphylococcus infections
Surveys and Questionnaires
United States
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Summary:Timely identification of outbreaks of hospital-associated infections is needed to implement control measures and minimize impact. Survey results from 33 hospitals indicated that most hospitals lacked a formal cluster definition and all targeted a very limited group of prespecified pathogens. Standardized, statistically based outbreak detection could greatly improve current practice. Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol. 2016;37(4):466–468
ISSN:0899-823X
1559-6834
DOI:10.1017/ice.2015.325