Validation of a semi-automated surveillance system for surgical site infections: Improving exhaustiveness, representativeness, and efficiency

Objectives: To assess whether electronic records data could improve the efficiency, exhaustiveness, and representativeness of SSI surveillance by selecting a group of high-risk patients for manual review. Methods: Colorectal surgeries (2016–2018) and cholecystectomies (2017–2018) were selected. Post...

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Main Authors: Rui Malheiro, Nuno Rocha-Pereira, Raquel Duro, Cláudia Pereira, Carlos Lima Alves, Sofia Correia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-10-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971220305798