title: Redesigning an infection control application to support an enterprise model.
abstract: As the demands on hospital infection control teams increase, it becomes less efficient for them to use paper-based surveillance methods. The existing electronic infection control surveillance system at our largest facility was not designed to support a multi-hospital model. Our goal was to redesign the application using generic, open source technologies, and make it flexible enough to support the infection control surveillance needs of the entire enterprise.
authors.affiliation: BJC HeathCare, St Louis, MO, USA.
authors.forename: Joshua A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Doherty
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Jennie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mayfield
authors.forename: Wm Claiborne
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Dunagan
authors.forename: Thomas C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Bailey
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005103:Expert Systems; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control; D020407:Internet; D008828:Microbiological Techniques